Koichi Yomoto

Yokai Wonderland

More from Yumoto Koichi Collection: Supernatural Beings in Japanese Art

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Produktbeschreibung

A newly revealed collection of Japanese art featuring yokai, the monsters of Japanese folklore

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: PIE Books
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 259mm x 186mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 636g
• ISBN-13: 9784756249739
• ISBN-10: 4756249736
• Artikelnr.: 48967730

Autorenporträt

Koichi Yumoto (b.1950) is a collector and researcher of yokai art and former curatorial director of the Kawasaki City Museum. About the YUMOTO Koichi Collection: The largest personal collection of yokai art in Japan: around 3,000 works which range from the Edo period to the present day. These include painting, woodbock prints, scrolls, ceramics, kimonos, wooden sculptures, magazines, children's toys, board games, and more. The collection is housed in The Miyoshi Mononoke Museum, or formally the Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yokai Museum, in Miyoshi city, Hiroshima Prefecture, which opened in 2019.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction ... P2
1. The World of Yokai Art ... P6
2. Yokai of Prints ... P98
3. Yokai of Things ... P172
Columns
1. The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ... P34
2. Enlightenment and "Tokyo Mysteries": a bit of this and that ... P136
3. Yokai and War ... P150
4. Kindred Spirits? Debut!
The Secret World of Jinmen Zoshi (The Book of Faces) ... P225
Descriptions of Works ... P246