SAMURAI GHOST AND MONSTER WARS/ SUPERNATURAL ART BY KUNIYOSHI

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861) is regarded as one of the true masters of ukiyo-e, the art of Edo-period Japan. Kuniyoshi produced tho usands of prints and designs during his lifetime, but is perhaps best-known for his musha-e (warrior prints), with which he came t o prominence in 1830. Kuniyoshis series 108 Heroes Of The Suikoden from that year was revolutionary in its dynamics, colour and vis ual violence, epitomising the delirious, almost proto-psychedelic style with with the artist would recreate archetypal figures bot h human and ...[Read more]