A superluminary in the world of Japanese manga, anime and video games, Yoshitaka Amano has recently turned to sumi-e, a 700-year-old practice of monochrome ink painting that, until now, has had a rigid set of leitmotifs. Not so in Amano's contemporary hands, which pinpoint body parts from the world of Princess Mononoke and Akira and render them in wordless detail. Essay by Rachel Kushner.~Foreword by Carlo McCormick. Hardcover, 11.5 x 8.5 in./192 pgs / 156 color 0 BW0 duotone 0 ~ Item D20176