Reproductions of Yoshitoshi's Tsuki hyakushi, with the story behind each design and technical details relating to the work's production. Includes a biography of the artist.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi created some of the most spectacular designs in 19th century Japanese woodblock prints. This book draws from the Ed Freis collection, which was assembled over the course of 30 years.
Traces the life and career of the great nineteenth-century Japanese printmaker, looks at a variety of his woodblock prints, and discusses their historical background
The series brings to life the history and mythology of ancient Japan. In all 100 prints the moon figures prominently, either clearly visible in the design itself, or else referred to in the beautiful poem in the text cartouche.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892) was a Japanese artist.
In the series 100 Views of the Moon (Tsuki Hyakushi, 1885-1892), Yoshitoshi works magic through ink and paper.
Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent