Tag: Utagawa Kuniyoshi
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A proliferation of monsters: art of the weird as expressions of anxiety in Britain and Japan
Steve Wheeler Greenwich, London, England Fig 1. William Blake The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, Plate 20; 1790 © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge The human fascination with fear of the unknown has been documented in art and literature across civilization for centuries. In every culture, this has manifested itself in the form of creatures as…