About the Author

Kawanabe Kyosai[ (1831--1889) was a Japanese artist, now regarded as one of Japan's greatest ever painters and print-makers. Jack Hunter is author and editor of over 20 previous books on cinema, including EROSe ^INe ^HELL and MOONCHILD, as well as the counter-culture classics FREAKe ^BABYLON and CHAPELe ^OFe ^GORE ANDe ^PSYCHOSIS. After the success of his ukiyo-e study DREAMe ^SPECTRES (2010), he has mainly spent his time in Tokyo developing the Ukiyo-e Master Series.