Yokai

 
★日本首屈一指的妖怪研究家及收藏家：湯本豪一最負盛名收藏
★60多件江戶時代的妖怪創作藝術，讓你沈浸在充滿想像的詭譎氛圍裡
 
　　江戶時代以來，日本的妖怪、怪物以及前來復仇的幽靈一直是人們發揮想像力的最佳來源，現在，這些可怕的生物們聚集在這個華麗的版本裡，讓你沉浸在充滿詭譎氣氛的細節裡。
 
　　作者湯本豪一（Yumoto Koichi） 是日本首屈一指的妖怪研究家及收藏家，共收藏有超過5000件妖怪作品，是日本藏量最豐富的收藏家。《YOKAI》一書精選湯本豪一捐贈給廣島「三好幽靈博物館」的60多件作品。「三好幽靈紀念館日本妖怪博物館」是日本、也是世界唯一收藏日本妖怪作品的博物館，《YOKAI》厚達500多頁，書中精選作品為讀者提供難得的體驗，一睹日本知名藝術家，如月岡芳年等江戶畫家筆下創作出的妖怪作品。對於喜歡奇異作品與妖怪體驗的讀者來說，這本書是難得、必讀的經典。
 
　　湯本豪一收藏品的時間橫跨近現代早期到現代，內容涵蓋繪畫、卷軸、版畫以及和服、金屬製品、民間藝術和玩具等，藏品收藏在廣島「三好幽靈博物館」，也在海外各地巡迴展覽。

Immerse yourself in the yokai images and their mesmerizing detail showcased over more than 500 pages in this epic collection!

　　Lurking beneath the global obsession with manga and anime, there is a world of Japan’s yokai monsters, mutants, and vengeful mononoke spirits, which have long held people’s imaginations in their terrifying grip ever since the Edo period (16th-19th centuries). These fearsome creatures are now gathered together in this gorgeous new release that, for the first time ever, shows many enlargements of these masterpieces! Selections include over 60 works chosen from the collection at the Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yokai Museum (Miyoshi Mononoke Museum), Japan’s – and, in fact, the world’s – only museum specializing in Japanese yokai monsters, each reproduced in high-resolution images with explanations. This compilation provides readers with the rare experience of seeing the brushwork of Edo-era painters like Tsukioka Yoshitoshi in detail firsthand. This is a must-have book for those who love strange worlds and mutant creatures, and for anyone wanting to know more about Japanese yokai monsters.

　　About the Yumoto Koichi Collection

　　With over 5,000 works, the Yumoto Koichi Collection is the largest yokai collection in Japan. Spanning from the early modern period to the present day, the collection includes a wide range of artistic genres from paintings and hand-painted scrolls to nishiki-e woodblock prints and handicrafts such as kimono, metalworks, folk art and toys. The donated collection is housed at the Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yokai Museum (Miyoshi Mononoke Museum) in Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, and part of the collection tours the world as part of exhibitions overseas.

　　Born in 1950, Koichi Yumoto is a collector and researcher of yokai art and former curator of the Kawasaki City Museum. Yumoto's bilingual books on yokai monsters, Yokai Museum: The Art of Japanese Supernatural Beings from the Yumoto Koichi Collection, Yokai Wonderland- More from the Yumoto Koichi Collection: Supernatural Beings in Japanese Art and Yokai Storyland: Illustrated Books from the Yumoto Koichi Collection (all from PIE International) are available worldwide.