Yôkai. Fantastic Japanese art.
Scala| N° d'inventaire | 22220 |
| Format | 23.5 x 30 |
| Détails | 250 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2017 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782359881929 |
Good and bad spirits, devils, monsters, and ghosts of all kinds have continued to haunt the imagination of men throughout time and cultures. Japan, after drawing inspiration from China, India, and later, the West, has succeeded in creating a fantastical world where the supernatural, the strange, the marvelous, and the mythical are all one. This fantastical world, populated by ancestral and animist beliefs, has never been as present as it is today in the archipelago. Manga and cartoons, video game and figurine creators are not the only ones captivating the public with works on this subject. Exhibitions on yôkai, oni, and yûrei have never been so numerous in the archipelago, and renowned contemporary Japanese artists do not hesitate to draw their inspiration from the sources of their country's ancestral and traditional culture. This work will take the reader into the fantastic and marvelous world of Japanese art through illuminated scrolls, screens, prints, and then contemporary pictorial works.
Good and bad spirits, devils, monsters, and ghosts of all kinds have continued to haunt the imagination of men throughout time and cultures. Japan, after drawing inspiration from China, India, and later, the West, has succeeded in creating a fantastical world where the supernatural, the strange, the marvelous, and the mythical are all one. This fantastical world, populated by ancestral and animist beliefs, has never been as present as it is today in the archipelago. Manga and cartoons, video game and figurine creators are not the only ones captivating the public with works on this subject. Exhibitions on yôkai, oni, and yûrei have never been so numerous in the archipelago, and renowned contemporary Japanese artists do not hesitate to draw their inspiration from the sources of their country's ancestral and traditional culture. This work will take the reader into the fantastic and marvelous world of Japanese art through illuminated scrolls, screens, prints, and then contemporary pictorial works.