Hokusai/Nobuyoshi Araki (2 Volume Hardcovers in Slipcase)

This unusual and visually striking publication brings together the work of two of Japan's most celebrated artists from vastly different eras: Katsushika Hokusai, the master of Edo-period ukiyo-e woodblock prints, and Nobuyoshi Araki, one of Japan's most provocative contemporary photographers. Through hundreds of reproductions, the set explores themes of beauty, nature, sexuality, mortality, and everyday life, revealing unexpected connections between Hokusai's nineteenth-century artistic vision and Araki's modern photographic practice. The juxtaposition highlights both the continuity and evolution of Japanese visual culture across nearly two centuries.

Hardcovers. English. Kehrer Verlag. 2008. ISBN: 9783939583783. 141. Very Good, 2 Volumes in Slipcase. Book No: 85692