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ISBN: 9781840683325
Category : Fantasy in art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi is regarded as one of the true masters of ukiyo-e, the art of Edo-period Japan. Kuniyoshi produced thousands of prints and designs during his lifetime, but is perhaps best-known for his musha-e ('warrior prints'), with which he came to prominence in 1830. Samurai Ghost and Monster Wars, edited by Jack Hunter, collects and considers 100 of Kuniyoshi's most vivid and complex images of warriors, spectres, demons and monstrous beasts, presented in large-format and full-colour throughout.
Author: Barb Lien-Cooper
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"More than four centuries ago, Japan lies ravaged by famine and civil war. Takeshi is a young warrior who is under a curse. After an ambush by enemy soldiers, he is left temporarily blinded, but is rescued by a monk. Takeshi thinks that surely no one can help him with the curse - until he finds out that his new monk friend used to be the legendary samurai Taketsura, wielder of the sword Lightning-on-the-Water. Together with the orphan girl Kiyoko (a formidable young swordswoman in her own right), can these three keep each other alive during the supernatural threats of Japan's era of civil war? Hungry Ghosts revisits the work of Lafcadio Hearn, a Victorian-era European writer who, in his book Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things (the most famous of his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories), told a story of Isogai Heidazaemon Taketsura, a samurai who renounced his old life and became a wandering priest when Japan lay ravaged by famine and civil war. This novel brings to life a different imagining of Taketsura's wanderings, giving him two teenagers to accompany him, a young orphan girl whose grandfather taught her the blade, and a young soldier under an oni's curse that threatens to turn him into a monster. In the midst of post-war famine and dangers, the three must face death, (other) monsters, and of course ghosts - some of which are their own."--Amazon.com.
Author: SKIN AND INK MAGAZINE
Publisher: Skin & Ink Magazine
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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Author: Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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Languages : en
Pages : 134
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Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892), a student of ukiyo-e master Utagawa Kuniyoshi, showed a predilection towards two types of subject in his early work: exceptionally bloody musha-e ("warror prints")1, and supernatural images of demons and ghosts. Yoshitoshi maintained an interest in depicting the haunted realm of Japanese myth right up until his last major series, 36 Ghosts, in 1889 (two years before his death). Like all Yoshitoshi's art, these prints are now considered to be the work of ukiyo-e's last master practitioner.HAUNTED DEMON WORLD collects three complete series by Yoshitoshi which contain 112 of the artist's most striking and disturbing images of spectres, monsters and demons, presented in large-format and full-colour throughout. The three series that are reproduced in full are: 100 Ghost Stories From China And Japan (Wakan hyaku monogatari, 1865 - for which only 26 images were completed); Heroic Beauty From The Suikoden (Biyu suikoden, 1866-7); and New Forms Of 36 Ghosts (Shinkei sanjurokkaisen, 1889-1892).
Author: Alan Gratz
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1466838523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337
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The Monster War is the third book in the action-packed, steampunk League of Seven series by acclaimed author Alan Gratz. Having discovered the monstrous secret of his origins, Archie Dent is no longer certain that he is worthy to be a member of the League of Seven. But with new enemies to face, he realizes that he may not have the luxury of questioning his destiny. Wielding the Dragon Lantern, the maniacal Philomena Moffett has turned her back on the Septemberist Society, creating her own Shadow League and unleashing a monster army on the American continent. Archie and his friends must race to find the last two members of their league in time to thwart Moffett's plan and rescue humanity once more. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author: Charles Kowalski
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ISBN: 9781733092104
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Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Alone and lost in haunted Japan ... Japan, 1620: A mysterious shipwreck has left cabin boy Simon Grey stranded in an unfamiliar, dangerous land. He hoped that a long sea voyage would provide some relief from his "gift" of seeing ghosts everywhere on land. Instead, he finds that his ability draws him into the shadowy world of yokai, the spirits and monsters that roam Japan by night. Together with the mysterious Oyuki, daughter of an English sailor-turned-samurai, Simon must earn the yokai's trust and help, while staying one step ahead of the Shogun's guards and an evil sorcerer determined to discover the "secret" of Simon's powers. As they struggle to stay alive and find a way home, Simon and Oyuki deal with friends and foes from both sides of the grave. Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts is a gripping fantasy adventure that will appeal to fans of Percy Jackson and Young Samurai.
Author: Clive Davies
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1909394068
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1100
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First came video and more recently high definition home entertainment, through to the internet with its streaming videos and not strictly legal peer-to-peer capabilities. With so many sources available, today’s fan of horror and exploitation movies isn’t necessarily educated on paths well-trodden — Universal classics, 1950s monster movies, Hammer — as once they were. They may not even be born and bred on DAWN OF THE DEAD. In fact, anyone with a bit of technical savvy (quickly becoming second nature for the born-clicking generation) may be viewing MYSTICS IN BALI and S.S. EXPERIMENT CAMP long before ever hearing of Bela Lugosi or watching a movie directed by Dario Argento. In this world, H.G. Lewis, so-called “godfather of gore,” carries the same stripes as Alfred Hitchcock, “master of suspense.” SPINEGRINDER is one man’s ambitious, exhaustive and utterly obsessive attempt to make sense of over a century of exploitation and cult cinema, of a sort that most critics won’t care to write about. One opinion; 8,000 reviews (or thereabouts.
Author: Gail Tsukiyama
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN: 1429965142
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Gail Tsukiyama's The Samurai's Garden uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for this extraordinary story. A 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight. Matsu is a samurai of the soul, a man devoted to doing good and finding beauty in a cruel and arbitrary world, and Stephen is a noble student, learning to appreciate Matsu's generous and nurturing way of life and to love Matsu's soulmate, gentle Sachi, a woman afflicted with leprosy.
Author: Shinjo Murukami
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781530455966
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Languages : en
Pages : 422
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A historical novel set in the Japan of the late 16th century, "The Devil and the Ghost" tells the story of the rise to power of one of the country's most famous samurai lords, Ii Naomasa. With his real life story providing the background we follow him through his childhood, his legendary training in the Ryutanji temple by his aunt and the meeting with the man who will shape not only his future but also that of Japan itself, Tokugawa Ieyasu. He is joined on this journey by the fictitious "Ghost" (Kai) and together with Ieyasu's help they raise the Ii clan from near extinction to becoming one of the most feared fighting units of that violent time, the Red Devils of Ii. Personal loss and tragedy are companions to the two main characters as political marriages, true love, betrayals and murder blight the lives of both men. Both men survive the eras of the Great Killer, Oda Nobunaga, and that of his ambitious general, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, as their own desires for revenge and honour shape their destiny. Eventually, in order to secure the future of his family Naomasa is faced with the cruellest of decisions; the future of his family or the life of the woman he loves. The final shattering encounter between the two samurai superpowers of the day sees over 170,000 men clash in the mist and mud at Sekigahara with Noamasa and Kai in the thick of the action. It is a battle that is to have far reaching consequences not only for Japan but for Naomasa as it is here that he receives the wound that will eventually kill him. "The Devil and the Ghost" is the first in a two volume series, the second of which, "The Hawk of Hikone," telling the story of Naomasa's son in the violent world of the Shoguns, is already at the advanced planning stage.
Author: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486155226
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Kuniyoshi was a master of the warrior woodblock print — and these 18th-century illustrations represent the pinnacle of his craft. Full-color portraits of renowned Japanese samurais pulse with movement, passion, and remarkably fine detail.
