Uhlenbeck, Chris; Newland, Amy Reigle; with contributions by Freis, Ed; Schaap, Robert; Vries, Maureen de; Boonstra, Sytse — Yoshitoshi: Masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection

Book Very Good No Jacket 1st Edition Hotei Publishing, Leiden, The Netherlands English text.; Paperback.; 24.5 x 30 cm., 1 kg.; 175 pages with coulur illustrations.; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The exterior shows edge wear, scuffs and scratches. Interior with minor signs of wear.; Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-92) was one of the most gifted designers of Japanese woodblock prints during the second half of the 19th century. He created over 2,400 woodblock prints and illustrations for more than sixty-five books in a career that spanned some forty years. A star pupil of the prolific and successful Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), Yoshitoshi followed his teacher in the production of strikingly original 'historical' woodblock prints and many such examples are included in this publication. A catalogue of Yoshitoshi's work also demonstrates that he excelled in other genres: his images of strong, beautiful women and of the stars of the Kabuki stage mark a peak in Japanese woodblock print history. Yoshitoshi's artistic legacy has reached into the 21st century, influencing both anime and manga designers. Yoshitoshi: masterpieces from the Ed Freis collection is the first comprehensive publication of Yoshitoshi's oeuvre in almost two decades, and it presents recent advances in scholarship in a re-evaluation of the artist's work. The prints and illustrated books in this volume are drawn from the extensive Ed Freis collection, which houses many of Yoshitoshi's signature compositions and lesser-known images from the artist's early career. Many of the latter are illustrated here for the first time in the West.