Les chats dessinés par Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), l'un des maîtres de l'estampe japonaise qui témoigne ici d'un sens de l'humour et de l'observation affuté.
The first commercial collection of work by Nanaco Yashiro, an illustrator who has attracted international attention for her fluid lines, vivid colors, and vintage style.
Nanaco Yashiro's illustrations feature various motifs such as a woman in a feathered robe from Japanese mythology, a large tiger reminiscent of Arabia, a man in a spacesuit, and concept art for an imaginary movie about heaven and hell that the illustrator created herself and are each drawn sometimes in delicately refined watercolor brushwork and at other times in bold strokes with acrylic gouache. While the themes and motifs may vary, all of them depict Nanaco Yashiro's signature style which is sure to continue fascinating her audience forever. This book contains nearly 120 carefully selected illustrations, including many that have been newly drawn for this book, which are grouped in different themes, such as plants, animals, beautiful women, and fairytales, allowing readers to enjoy the lovely and mysterious world of Yashiro's works. This book will not only appeal to Nanaco Yashiro's current fans but will also captivate those who are new to her beautiful, delicate, and colorful illustrations.
Understand Japanese family crest designs with actual examples! A gorgeously visual guide to family crests.
Family crests are coats of arms that have been used in Japan since ancient times to identify families and individuals. Today, it is said that there are currently around 200 basic types of family crest, and around 5,000 different designs that use the same motifs.
Family crests exert influence in contemporary culture not only because of their historical and cultural value, but also because they appear in famous manga and anime, and their motifs are often chosen for tattoos, among other things. In this book, we have selected more than 2,500 family crests and explain their designs and meanings. The crests are organized around the motifs of «plants,» «animals,» «natural phenomena,» «martial values,» «patterns and designs,» and «buildings and vessels.» In addition, this book is gorgeously illustrated with plenty of photographs and illustrated examples of motifs that make up family crests, along with dyeing works, handicrafts, and contemporary designs created in the image of family crests. This beautiful book can be used as a reference book for designs, tattoo motifs, illustration and more.
An addictive underground worldview full of very bad boys.
This is the first commercial artbook featuring works by sakiyama, a popular illustrator with more than 110,000 followers on Twitter. Ruins, smirking wicked-faced young men, mysterious loners, a riot of wildly scattered flowers and more make up the dark and poisonous worldview that sakiyama is known for, but one that is also wryly humorous. sakiyama's animated music video production for "Kansaete Kuyashiiwa (so frustrated with my instincts)," a song by ZUTOMAYO, rocketed the artist's illustrations to international fame. sakiyama is also active across youth culture scenes, especially animated music video production and apparel collaborations.
This book contains over 170 pages of original illustrations, including newly drawn artworks, cartoons, and music video illustrations along with rakugaki sketches posted on Twitter, making this the definitive collection of an illustrator who is at the cutting edge of modern trends.
The UKIYO-E 2020 historic exhibition catalogue brings together masterpieces from Japan's three great ukiyo-e collections in one volume.
This book is the exhibition catalogue for UKIYO-E 2020, which was held in the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum from June 23 to September 22, 2020. This exhibition holds great significance because, for the first time ever, masterpieces from the Ota Memorial Museum of Art, Japan, the Ukiyo-e Museum, and the Hiraki Ukiyo-e Foundation, museums holding the three great collections of ukiyo-e in Japan both in quality and volume, were showcased together.
This volume features 450 carefully selected ukiyo-e prints from the 17th to 19th centuries, offering superb coverage of the world's ukiyo-e masterpieces. Major works by some 60 artists are represented, covering the history of ukiyo-e. This book is not only timeless keepsake of an historic exhibition, but is also extremely valuable as the premier source covering the complete history of ukiyo-e.
The beauty of Japan seen through the lens of a photographer based in Germany.
In this book, a photographer based in Germany walks through Japan's 47 prefectures taking pictures to capture the beauty of Japan this time from a fresh point of view. Enjoy both «traditional Japan,» including scenic Mt. Fuji, shrines and temples, cherry blossoms, and snow scenes, and «contemporary, everyday Japan,» with its futuristic night views and the glimmering neon lights of bustling downtown areas. The dynamic compositions and captivating color schemes that the photographer creates make the scenes feel like something from another world, even though they are real places. Active oversees, Yuto Yamada expresses Japan as seen from the outside through his vivid photographs. This is a collection of photographs that shows beautiful scenery that even Japanese people don't know about. At the end of the book, descriptions of each photograph are written in Japanese and English bilingual.
The author, Yuto Yamada, who began photographing ruins, photographs landscapes in various places. His bold compositions are impressive, and his Instagram account, showcasing his work, has more than 110,000 followers. Yamada is an acclaimed photographer both in Japan and around the world who has also worked for internationally renowned companies. This book is great for anyone interested in Japan and those interested in photography. Why not catch a glimpse of one of Japan's many facets ?
The influence of manga on international comics had grown considerably over the past two decades.The origins of manga can be traced back to the Edo Period (1600 to 1868) of Japanese history, specifically to popular type of books using ukiyo-e, Japanese woodblock prints. These books contained humorous content and featured humans, fantastical creatures and even references to celebrities of the period. As literacy rose in Japan throughout the 18th Century (part of the Edo Period) and into the 19th and early 20th Century (the Meiji Period), these kind of illustrated novels became popular and it is from here that we actually get the first recorded use of the term manga to describe a words-and-pictures based story.
From fruit parfaits to Japanese sweets, this letter book contains 100 sheets of cute paper.
This book contains 100 various designed removable papers with cute illustrations of 16 Japanese illustrators. Each artist dedicated 2 designs for this title, and each design has two sheets. This book consists of various papers: gloss, rough, craft paper, and so on. So readers can enjoy the book not only for letter pads but also for their handicraft works such as making small envelopes or pochi-bukuro, a tiny bag for money gifts.
Yoko Tanji's first art book featuring selected works from her nearly 20-year career!
Yoko Tanji is a Japanese illustrator with a career spanning nearly 20 years. She began using digital tools such as pen tabs in the early days when they were becoming more common and has also explored artistic expression in her art through various methods and styles, from analog illustrations such as watercolors, oil paintings, and prints, to comic illustrations.
With this variety of drawing styles, Tanji has been active in a wide range of fields, including book illustration, illustrations for children's books, and image boards for animated films. She has created more than 300 illustrations throughout her career. This long-awaited book contains selected works from her commercial works as well as illustrations from her popular original series, "I hate Mondays."
