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Staging the Supernatural
Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints
By Kit (Kit Brooks), Frank (Frank Feltens), Pearl Moskowitz

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Paperback, 168 pages
Published
United States, 1 October 2023

Staging the Supernatural presents striking, eerie nineteenth-century woodblock prints from Japan that feature ghosts, demons, and other supernatural entities. The book digs into the country's rich folkloric traditions and how they were brought to life on stage, with insightful essays that explore the depiction of spirits through the centuries, the relationship between printed images and cultural imagination, and how kabuki and Noh theater performances reflect Japan's deep connection to and shifting notions of the supernatural.

The detailed art invites readers to admire the artistic quality and techniques employed to accentuate supernaturalism, including embossing, mica application, and metallic pigments. The prints offer a window into Japan's 19th-century pop culture and will appeal to fans of contemporary anime and manga, which is often influenced by these images. The book is artfully constructed, with an open spine exposing yellow-ochre thread stitching and a translucent vellum dustjacket printed with ghostly art that adds an ethereal touch. Equal part art and commentary, the book includes-



40 gorgeous woodblock prints with extended text entries
Introduction from Pearl Moskowitz, who gifted many of the featured prints to the museum in 2021
Essay from museum curator Kit Brooks that explores special effects in kabuki theater ghost plays and their representation in souvenir woodblocks
Essay from museum curator Frank Feltens on Tsukioka Kogyo, the first artist to render the eerie atmosphere of Noh plays in prints


Spooky, fascinating, and fun, this is an ideal book for lovers of Japanese art, folklore, horror, and history.

Meet cat demons, skeletal ghosts, and the nine-tailed kitsune in this brilliant and beautifully illustrated volume of ghost imagery in traditional Japanese theater.

Staging the Supernatural presents striking, eerie nineteenth-century woodblock prints from Japan that feature ghosts, demons, and other supernatural entities. The book digs into the country's rich folkloric traditions and how they were brought to life on stage, with insightful essays that explore the depiction of spirits through the centuries, the relationship between printed images and cultural imagination, and how kabuki and Noh theater performances reflect Japan's deep connection to and shifting notions of the supernatural.

The detailed art invites readers to admire the artistic quality and techniques employed to accentuate supernaturalism, including embossing, mica application, and metallic pigments. The prints offer a window into Japan's 19th-century pop culture and will appeal to fans of contemporary anime and manga, which is often influenced by these images. The book is artfully constructed, with an open spine exposing yellow-ochre thread stitching and a translucent vellum dustjacket printed with ghostly art that adds an ethereal touch. Equal part art and commentary, the book includes-



40 gorgeous woodblock prints with extended text entries
Introduction from Pearl Moskowitz, who gifted many of the featured prints to the museum in 2021
Essay from museum curator Kit Brooks that explores special effects in kabuki theater ghost plays and their representation in souvenir woodblocks
Essay from museum curator Frank Feltens on Tsukioka Kogyo, the first artist to render the eerie atmosphere of Noh plays in prints


Spooky, fascinating, and fun, this is an ideal book for lovers of Japanese art, folklore, horror, and history.

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Staging the Supernatural presents striking, eerie nineteenth-century woodblock prints from Japan that feature ghosts, demons, and other supernatural entities. The book digs into the country's rich folkloric traditions and how they were brought to life on stage, with insightful essays that explore the depiction of spirits through the centuries, the relationship between printed images and cultural imagination, and how kabuki and Noh theater performances reflect Japan's deep connection to and shifting notions of the supernatural.

The detailed art invites readers to admire the artistic quality and techniques employed to accentuate supernaturalism, including embossing, mica application, and metallic pigments. The prints offer a window into Japan's 19th-century pop culture and will appeal to fans of contemporary anime and manga, which is often influenced by these images. The book is artfully constructed, with an open spine exposing yellow-ochre thread stitching and a translucent vellum dustjacket printed with ghostly art that adds an ethereal touch. Equal part art and commentary, the book includes-



40 gorgeous woodblock prints with extended text entries
Introduction from Pearl Moskowitz, who gifted many of the featured prints to the museum in 2021
Essay from museum curator Kit Brooks that explores special effects in kabuki theater ghost plays and their representation in souvenir woodblocks
Essay from museum curator Frank Feltens on Tsukioka Kogyo, the first artist to render the eerie atmosphere of Noh plays in prints


Spooky, fascinating, and fun, this is an ideal book for lovers of Japanese art, folklore, horror, and history.

Meet cat demons, skeletal ghosts, and the nine-tailed kitsune in this brilliant and beautifully illustrated volume of ghost imagery in traditional Japanese theater.

Staging the Supernatural presents striking, eerie nineteenth-century woodblock prints from Japan that feature ghosts, demons, and other supernatural entities. The book digs into the country's rich folkloric traditions and how they were brought to life on stage, with insightful essays that explore the depiction of spirits through the centuries, the relationship between printed images and cultural imagination, and how kabuki and Noh theater performances reflect Japan's deep connection to and shifting notions of the supernatural.

The detailed art invites readers to admire the artistic quality and techniques employed to accentuate supernaturalism, including embossing, mica application, and metallic pigments. The prints offer a window into Japan's 19th-century pop culture and will appeal to fans of contemporary anime and manga, which is often influenced by these images. The book is artfully constructed, with an open spine exposing yellow-ochre thread stitching and a translucent vellum dustjacket printed with ghostly art that adds an ethereal touch. Equal part art and commentary, the book includes-



40 gorgeous woodblock prints with extended text entries
Introduction from Pearl Moskowitz, who gifted many of the featured prints to the museum in 2021
Essay from museum curator Kit Brooks that explores special effects in kabuki theater ghost plays and their representation in souvenir woodblocks
Essay from museum curator Frank Feltens on Tsukioka Kogyo, the first artist to render the eerie atmosphere of Noh plays in prints


Spooky, fascinating, and fun, this is an ideal book for lovers of Japanese art, folklore, horror, and history.

Show more
Product Details
EAN
9781588347206
ISBN
1588347206
Dimensions
22.9 x 23.1 x 1.5 centimeters (0.73 kg)

About the Author

KIT BROOKS is the Japan Foundation Assistant Curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art, specializing in prints and paintings of the Edo and Meiji periods. FRANK FELTENS is curator of Japanese Art at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art and author of Hokusai's Brush. He is a specialist in Japanese painting, particularly the late Muromachi and Edo periods.

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