Segi, Shinichi. Translated by Alfred Birnbaum Yoshitoshi: The Splendid Decadent.
Tokyo, Kodansha, 1985, First edition, Quarto, Hardcover, book condition: Fine, dust jacket condition: Fine. 157 Pages, 67 colour and 162 black and white illustrations.
Yoshitoshi, a man of rare talent was recognized as the last great master of Ukiyo-e prints. He was born in 1839, during the last decades of feudalism in Japan. He became an apprentice of the great Ukiyo-e master Kuniyoshi around the age of eleven and published his first full-color print when fourteen. By the time he was twenty-six concentrating on prints of actors and warriors, he was a highly ranked Ukiyo-e artist of the day. He later turned to the depiction of the gruesome and bloodthirsty that was in great demand by the fin de siecle urban populace.
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