Mederu Kuniyoshi Book: To Astonish
Mederu Kuniyoshi Book: To Astonish
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It will make you laugh, surprise you, and entertain you. This is the true essence of Kuniyoshi!
This is the second volume in the "Mederu Kuniyoshi Book" series, where you can enjoy the works of ukiyo-e artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi as if you were choosing a picture in front of an Edo-era picture paper shop.
The pages are detachable, allowing you to pick up your favorite piece one by one and enjoy it however you like by displaying or admiring it. This is an attempt to bring to the present day the same feeling that people in the Edo period enjoyed when reading illustrated books.
This book contains many works that give lively expressions to things that are not originally lifeless, such as charming monsters and monsters, humorous crazy paintings and crazy calligraphy, daruma dolls, horses, onigawara tiles, makeup implements, and rain dolls. It is a collection that fully demonstrates Kuniyoshi's unique imagination and artistic ability.
Kuniyoshi's expressive power is the ability to digest the source of his ideas and sublimate them into his own creative world. This book allows you to fully enjoy his boundless artistic talent.
Each page is dedicated to one work, with bilingual commentary in Japanese and English.
"Most people will probably be impressed first and foremost by the wealth of Kuniyoshi's ideas when looking at the works contained in this book. However, each individual idea is not necessarily original to Kuniyoshi. (Omitted) Even when looking at a single painting that has an original source, what is truly felt is Kuniyoshi's 'artistic skill.' Whatever the subject or idea, once Kuniyoshi has absorbed it into himself, he expresses it and shows it to us as his own creative world. His ability to digest and express things is simply awful. (Omitted) I hope that with this book in hand, you will enjoy Kuniyoshi's artistic skill to your heart's content." (From the text)
[Title] Awesome Kuniyoshi Book Surprising
[Publisher] Daifuku Shorin
[Publication date] December 17, 2015 (1st edition)
[Number of pages] 152 pages
[Size] Approx. 182*257*11mm, 400g
[Format] Softcover
[Title Reading] Medell Kuniyoshi Book Odorokus
[Author/Editor, etc.] Nobuhisa Kaneko/Author
[Printing] Abeism/Printing and Binding
[ISBN] 978-4-7562-4689-9
[Condition] Brand new
[Accessories] Obi
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The ancient Imperial Palace of Soma / One hundred poems by Hyakunin Isshu: Dainagon Tsunenobu / One hundred stories of outsiders / The Chushingura: The monsters / The cool evening breeze of outsiders / A picture of monsters by the earth spider at the residence of Minamoto no Yorimitsu / A similar goldfish / A play in the Dragon Palace: all sorts of fish / The heart of a fish / Fukurokuju's head play: sheltering from the rain and yawning / Fukurokuju's head play: New Year's and crossing the river / Two-faced Daruma dolls: Gedofu, Iku, and Tokusakari / Outsiders in December: March's hinamatsuri quarrel and April's first harvest / The popular Daruma play: hands and feet coming out / The popular Daruma play: soba noodles / The flowing Kiyohyautan / Teru Teru Hounsun's dance / Outsiders' makeup play: fireworks / Outsiders' makeup play: Omori / Outsiders' Teuchingura (third and fourth acts) / A collection of hofuzuki Showers and Centipede Mountain / Story: The story of the onigawara roof tile / Popular stories of small pieces outside of Hokkaido: The top melon of Hautanayose, the turtle top of the Dragon Palace, and the long Urashima of the dream world / Popular stories of small pieces outside of Hokkaido: Top Goro Tokimune, Komayashi Asahina, and Momon Goma A / A game of chess: The king's move and the knight's loincloth / A gathering of various implements and gossip / Deeply poignant stories / The twelve stories of wealth and wealth outside of Hokkaido / The twelve thoughts of the moon seen through the eyes of the gods / A Noh picture depicting its image: A rice bowl / A red shrimp / A Noh picture depicting its image: Benkei / Taikomochi / A picture of a dressing table and a set of decorative ornaments: A snake, a frog, and a tiger / A picture of a dressing table and a set of decorative ornaments Kafumori and Onigahara / Inlay tops / Miniature dolls representing modern times / A collection of insects representing women's paraphernalia / Daikokuten, the Six Gods of Fortune / From the outside, Kohai is a very good person / A young person who looks like an older man / People gather together and become people / A person who makes fun of others / Missing figures, sarasa, 14 bodies that look like 35 people
Nobuhisa Kaneko (1962-)
Born in Tokyo in 1962.
Graduated from the Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Letters, Keio University, majoring in aesthetics and art history. After working at the Fukushima Prefectural Museum, he is currently a curator at the Fuchu Art Museum.
He specializes in the history of early modern Japanese painting, and has curated exhibitions such as "Aodo Denzen and His Lineage" (Fukushima Prefectural Museum, 1990), "The Paintings of Shiba Kokan: Contact with the West, Conflict and Conviction" (Fuchu Art Museum, 2001), "The Age of Aodo Denzen" (Fuchu Art Museum, 2006), and "Real Eccentricity at Its Finest" (Fuchu Art Museum, 2018).
He received the 18th Rin-ga Art Encouragement Award for his planning and catalog essay for the exhibition "The Era of Aodo Denzen."
His books include "Complete Collection of Japanese Art 14: Jakuchu, Okyo, and the Fantasies of the Capital" (co-authored, Shogakukan, 2013), "More About Nagasawa Rosetsu" (Tokyo Bijutsu, 2014), and "The History of Puppy Painting: The Joy of Japanese Art" (Kodansha, 2022), among many others.
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