Mystery Writers of Japan Award
百怪、我ガ腸ニ入ル: 竹中英太郎作品譜
Hyakkai, Waga Harawata ni Iru: Takenaka Eitaro Sakuhinfu is Ro Takenaka's biographical study of artist Eitaro Takenaka and his body of work. It excavates the intersection of the grotesque, detective fiction, and illustration culture, tracing the shadows of modern popular culture.
Work Information
A study that illuminates the visual culture of the grotesque and detective fiction through an artist's life and catalogue.
The book reconstructs the culture of detective fiction around Edogawa Rampo and the memory of grotesque illustration through the career of Eitaro Takenaka. It functions as a practical catalogue while also offering criticism that recovers the era's unorthodox sensibility.
Review Summaries
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The book is valued for its documentary richness and intense prose, and is received not only as a catalogue but also as a way to read the culture of the strange and fantastic.
Book Information
- Publisher
- 三一書房
- Published
- 1990-08-01
- Pages
- 173 pages
- Language
- 日本語
- ISBN-13
- 9784380902307
- ISBN-10
- 4380902307
- Price
- 11760 JPY
- Category
- 本/アート・建築・デザイン
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