{"product_id":"grass-labyrinth-takato-yamamoto","title":"Grass Labyrinth — Takato Yamamoto","description":"\u003ch2\u003eGrass Labyrinth (草迷宮) — Kyoka Izumi, illustrated by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e — Regular Edition, Signed\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a combined illustrated literary volume and art book: the complete Japanese text of Kyoka Izumi's \u003cem\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e, accompanied by 29 monochrome underdrawings and 28 full-colour finished works by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e. The copy offered is the first edition (first issue, 4 November 2014), signed by the artist inside the front cover. It is part of the \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artbooks-artist-publications\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArt \u0026amp; Illustration Books\u003c\/a\u003e catalogue at Lokator100.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe book is structured in two distinct registers. The literary text of Kyoka Izumi's \u003cem\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e runs throughout and is accompanied by 29 detailed black-and-white underdrawings by Takato Yamamoto, integrated as illustrations within the narrative. Separately, 28 full-colour finished paintings are presented as a standalone pictorial sequence. The two sets of images are not interchangeable and should not be conflated: the monochrome underdrawings serve the text; the colour works constitute an independent body of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional contributors: critical commentary by Tamaki Anakura, curator at the Izumi Kyoka Memorial Museum; afterword by Takato Yamamoto.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Text: Kyoka Izumi\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKyoka Izumi (1873–1939) is regarded as one of the foremost authors of modern Japanese fantasy literature, known for prose that draws on classical theatrical forms, supernatural folklore, and a distinctive aesthetic of sensuous dread. \u003cem\u003eGrass Labyrinth\u003c\/em\u003e is among his most celebrated works, a text in which the boundary between the real and the spectral is held in sustained, deliberate suspension. The story was adapted into a short film by Shuji Terayama, a reference point for those approaching the text through its wider cultural reception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Artist: Takato Yamamoto\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1960, \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/takato-yamamoto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTakato Yamamoto\u003c\/a\u003e developed the \"Heisei Decadence\" style from his earlier \"Ukiyo-e Pop\" practice — a mode of illustration that fuses the compositional vocabulary of classical Japanese woodblock printmaking with imagery drawn from decadent literature, eroticism, and the grotesque. He has produced illustration work for aesthetic, fantasy, erotic, and historical novels, as well as book cover art and advertising. He is a member of the International Ukiyo-e Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher and Series\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/editions-treville\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eEditions Treville\u003c\/a\u003e as part of the Pan-Exotica series. 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