Yokai Manga Volume 1 Yokai Competition Edition (Seigensha Visual Bunko Series)
Categories：Art
Why are yokai, which are supposed to be scary, drawn so charmingly? Unraveling the mystery of yokai paintings, the last bastion of Japanese art history.
Due to its popular appeal and caricature-like or satirical expressions, "Yokai paintings'' have not been considered as a theme in art history until now. However, in Japan, it is a wide-ranging field that has been familiar to everyone from children to adults since ancient times, and it is also an important subject that is closely related to Japan's unique indigenous culture and religion, such as nature worship and folklore of each region. This project provides an opportunity to reconsider the characteristic aspects of Japanese art, such as laughter and play, by reconsidering the genealogy of "yokai paintings," which have not been talked about as mainstream art in art history. .
Yokai Manga [Volume 1] Contest of Yokai
Contains a wealth of Yokai paintings (picture scrolls) drawn from the Heian period to the early Meiji period, and the popular This work traces the origins of yokai paintings, which have rarely been attempted in art history due to their sexual and caricature-like expressions, and deciphers their lineage.
Foreword: Tsuji Tsuji
Included works: "Hyakki Yagy? Emaki (Matsui Bunko)" / Toriyama Sekien "Gazu Hyakki Yagy?" / Yoshimitsu "Hyakki no Zu" / "Bakemonozin Emaki" / Mitsuoki Tosa's "Hyakki Yagy? no Zu'' and others.
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Yokai Manga vol.1
Due to its popular appeal and caricaturish, satirical content, yokai-ga (literally, pictures of monstrous creatures ? yokai) have been treated as a minor current within Japanese art history.Enjoyed by the common people of Japan ancient since times, yokai-ga have been valued also for their intimate associations with the nature beliefs and folk traditions that are the native culture and religion of Japan.This publishing project is reconsidering the lineage of yokai-ga in order to offer a fresh look at the distinctive aspects of comicality and humor in Japanese art.
Kyoko Wada (Author)
Publisher: Seigensha (February 15, 2012)
Publication date: February 15, 2012
Language: Japanese
Paperback: 272 pages
ISBN-10: 4861523281
ISBN-13: 978-4861523281
Dimensions: 5.87 x 4.33 x 0.83 inches
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