Takato Yamamoto "Nosferatu" SIGNED*
In 2018, the exhibit TAKATO YAMAMOTO EXHIBITION -NOSFERATU was held in Shibuya, Tokyo to commemorate his 20-year career. The book is the most recent collection of illustrations devoted to vampires. It has been 6 years since his last book "Necrophantasmagoria" was released and 20 years since his debut book "Scarlet Maniera" in 1998. "Nosferatu" expresses Takato Yamamoto's enthusiastic love of Dracula and his own "Heisei Aestheticism" style combining the Japanese ukiyo-e painting with Western gothic art. Absolutely beautiful. This is a "regular" edition which has a dark red embossed book cover. Contains 49 full color new paintings, 9 underdrawings, 3 earlier paintings, and an 8 page black and white manga. Signed, 104pages, Hardcover, Paper dust jacket, 2018 Japanese and English texts Takato Yamamoto (1960-) A JAPANESE ILLUSTRATOR BORN IN AKITA PREFECTURE He is a renowned artist of fantastic painting. After graduating from the painting department of the Tokyo Zokei University i