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KAIDAN, or in english KWAIDAN
KAIDAN are Japanese ghost stories. A genre of art that all Japanese artists have made.
Here is one by HOKUSAI-
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi kaidan print
A great japanese movie perfect for halloween is “KWAIDAN” by Kobayashi. I highly recommend it.
and here is a Bob Kessel kaidan print- What ever happened to ATOMU?
ASTRO BOY KAIDAN print by Bob Kessel based on Astroboy.
Bob Kessel has created a print combining ANIME ( Astroboy ) and KAIDAN (Japanese ghost story) a genre of Japanese wood block prints. This kind of chicanery is what you come to expect from Bob Kessel, like his picture combining HELLO KITTY with EDVARD MUNCH’S “THE SCREAM”. The print titled, “ASTRO BOY KAIDAN” is available as a signed and numbered limited edition print. Contact Bob Kessel for pricing and availability.
Close up from ASTRO BOY KAIDAN print. Some may recognize Doctor Elefun.
Astro Boy (鉄腕アトム Tetsuwan Atomu, lit. “Mighty Atom”) is a Japanese manga series and television program first broadcast in Japan from 1963 to 1966. The story follows the adventures of a fictional robot named Astro Boy and a selection of other characters along the way.
Astro Boy is the first Japanese television series that embodied the aesthetic that later became known as anime. It originated as a manga comic series started in 1951 by Osamu Tezuka, who is known as the “god of manga”. For a time Astro Boy enjoyed a level of popularity in Japan equivalent to Disney’s Mickey Mouse.
NIKKO FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
OJI FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
SQUARE DIAMOND FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
3 DIAMOND FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
BIG TILT FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
2 SQUARE TILT FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
S SQUARES FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
2 DIAMOND FALLS by Bob Kessel from the series “2 PIECE SUITE”
GRAY FALLS by Bob Kessel
CHINESE POET FALLS by Bob Kessel
WOODSCAPE WATERFALL VIEW by Bob Kessel
WOODSCAPE WATERFALL by Bob Kessel
FALLS VIEW by Bob Kessel
UKIYO-E RAPIDS by Bob Kessel
UKIYO-E BLUE FALLS by Bob Kessel
UKIYO-E ROCK FALLS by Bob Kessel
UKIYO-E WATERFALL by Bob Kessel
Shunga (春画) is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. Translated literally, the Japanese word shunga means picture of spring; “spring” is a common euphemism for sex. In the Edo period it was enjoyed by rich and poor, men and women, and despite being out of favour with the shogunate, carried very little stigma.
Almost all ukiyo-e artists made shunga at some point in their careers, including Hokusai, Utamaro, Harunobu, Eisen, Saeshi, Shigenobu, Issho and Moronobu, and it did not detract from their prestige as artists.
The pictures are available as limited edition original fine art prints, signed and numbered by the artist. Contact Bob Kessel for prices and availability.
SHUNGA WOMAN ON TOP erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA MAN ON TOP erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA STARS erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA STRIPES erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA SHOJI erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA MAID erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA LOVERS erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA PINK KIMONO erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA RIDE ‘EM erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA COUPLE erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA BIG LEGS erotic art by Bob Kessel
SHUNGA SCREEN erotic art by Bob Kessel
Yuri (百合), also known by the wasei-eigo construction Girls Love (ガールズラブ guruzu rabu), is a Japanese jargon term for content and a genre involving love between women in manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called shojo-ai by western fans.
Etymology
The word yuri (百合) literally means “lily”, and is a relatively common Japanese feminine name. In 1976, Itō Bungaku, editor of Barazoku (薔薇族, lit. rose tribe), a magazine geared primarily towards gay men, first used the term yurizoku (百合族, lit. lily tribe) in reference to female readers in the title of a column of letters called Yurizoku no heya (百合族の部屋, lit. lily tribe’s room). It is unclear whether this was the first instance of this usage of the term. Not all women whose letters appeared in this short-lived column were necessarily lesbians, but some were and gradually an association developed.
SWAPPIN’ SPIT by Bob Kessel
YURI HENTAI TWO GIRLS CRUSH by Bob Kessel
YURI HENTAI ANIME GIRLS by Bob Kessel
YURI HENTAI GIRLS RABU by Bob Kessel
YURI HENTAI ANIME GIRLS KISSING by Bob Kessel
YURI HENTAI FRENCH KISS by Bob Kessel
YURI HENTAI TONGUE by Bob Kessel
