Rose Iron Chain: Yoshimasa Murakami Art Collection

Rose Iron Chain: Yoshimasa Murakami Art Collection

Illustrations: Yoshimasa Murakami
Supervised by: Koichi Tanaka
Edited by: Shoichi Honda / Akiko Horie / Akira Takegami
Published by: Kokushokankokai, 2013
Condition: Box has slight scuffing. Minor signs of use.

A solitary artist who adorned books by individualistic writers such as Yukio Mishima, Baku Akae, Yumiko Kurahashi, and Tomiko Tada with delicate colors and dazzling line drawings, and caused a sensation with his decadent illustrations for Shozo Numata's "The Yopoo of the Livestock People." Finally, a long-awaited art collection that recreates his unique artistic world is published.

Contents
To the Chosen Ones Only - In Place of a Preface: Koichi Tanaka
Chapter 1: The World of "The Yopoo of the Livestock People"
Chapter 2: The World of Book Design and Illustrations I - A Competition with Individualistic Writers
Yukio Mishima
Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
Tomiko Tada
Yumiko Kurahashi
Taeko Kono
Tomoko Yoshida
Jean Genet
Bataille / Burroughs
Restif de la Bretonne
Chapter 3: The World of Book Design and Illustrations II - Mystery and Fantasy Literature
Mikihiko Renjo
Kaoru Kurimoto / Tsutao Awasaka
Hakujin Ashiro
Takeyoshi Hikage
Masao Yamamura
Hiroko Minagawa
Baku Akae
Hideo Nakai
Edogawa Rampo
Chapter 4: The World of Book Design and Illustrations III - The Golden Age of Middlebrow Novels
Yasuko Harada
Ayako Sono
Setsuko Tsumura
Harumi Setouchi
Junosuke Yoshiyuki
Masaaki Tachihara
Jun'ichi Watanabe
Kunimitsu Noro
Takehiko Noguchi
Tomohiko Yamada
Hideso Kado
G.A. D'Arpino / Hideo Takubo / Miyoko Nakano / Itaru Kawashima
Tsuneo Murata / Ryuzo Saki / Yuko Tsushima / Saho Sasazawa / Chiyo Uno
Tsuzura Kitahara
Chapter 5: Film, Stage, and Music
Work on Film Posters
Work on Stage
Work on Music
Chapter 6: The Work of Book Design and Illustrations IV - World Masterpieces
Early Children's Illustrations "The Snow Queen" and others
"Good Children's Masterpiece Collection: Cinderella"
"Little Women" / "Daddy-Long-Legs"
"Dear Emily" and others
"Madame Bovary" / "Random Harvest" and others
Chapter 7: The Birth of the Artist Yoshimasa Murakami
Illustration Artist Debut "Junior Soreiyu"
From Sketchbooks
Sketches
Works Selected for the Nika Exhibition
Commentary - A Notebook of the Ball: Yoshimasa Murakami and His Time: Shoichi Honda
Chronology of Yoshimasa Murakami
List of Works