Ran Akiyoshi A Dreamland of Pleasure

(Temporarily out of stock.)

Brand new collection of almost 200 artworks by the legenday fantasy painter Ran Akiyoshi. An artist who never sold his artworks and had his first exhibition posthumously (at Aoki Gallery). This book is based on Akiyoshi's works included in "Akiyoshi Ran and Shijo Aya: Erotic and Fantasy Utopia" but with about three times the number of works!

Bilingual text with EN translations for most JP including EN preface and reminiscences by Ran Akiyoashi's son Yuichi. Artworks are divided into four sections: Illusion and Eros, Portraits of Femme Fatales, Illusion of Paradise, Lewd and Cruel Dreams. Mostly black and white but with 16 full color pages.