Heroes and Ghosts: Japanese Prints by Kuniyoshi 1797-1861

By Robert Schaap

This publication offers the most comprehensive survey of Kuniyoshi's work in a Western language, fully expressing the artist's versatility. More than three hundred illustrations from public and private collections are accompanied by essays on Kuniyoshi's comical pictures, deluxe printed images (surimono) and paintings, making this book an invaluable source of information for Japanese print lovers. Produced in commemoration of the sixtieth anniversary of the Society for Japanese Arts in cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 907482210X
• ISBN13: 9789074822107
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Hotei Pub
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 5.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.8" x 1.3" x 11.8"