Thursday, September 15, 2005

All About Life and Death, at least my copy, has on its cover a ukiyo-e of the Courtesan of Hell dreaming about skeletons. Its frenetic detail is pleasantly lurid; I did my best to find it online for you, gentle reader, truly I did. Instead you must imagine it, while I leave you with three other ukiyo-e by Kyosai:

Household Chores, Games and Demons; and

Surprise Attack; and

this from the Kyosai hyakuzu, which reminds me of the Temptation of St. Anthony.

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