Also known as "Bloody Ukiyo-e in 1866 & 1988" this wonderful 97 page beauty portrays 28 scenes of murder. Personally I think this is so far the greatest artistic achievement from Maruo. It is far, far more detailed from the last artbooks I posted. The color is also much better and more compelling. Each murder is acompanied by an text describing (in English and in Japanese) what happened and why.Many of Maruo's illustrations depict graphic sex and violence and are therefore referred to as contemporary muzan-e (a subset of Japanese ukiyo-e depicting violence or other atrocities.) Maruo himself featured in a 1988 book on the subject with fellow artist Kazuichi Hanawa entitled Bloody Ukiyo-e (江戸昭和競作無惨絵英名二十八衆句), presenting their own contemporary works alongside the traditional prints of Yoshitoshi and Yoshiku.
Everything is well scanned and well preserved. Enjoy this or dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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ReplyDeleteI was planning on translating all of these and posting them on my blog. Looks like the work is already done for me. Thank you very much for posting all the Maruo.
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