Information
Date: 2015
Size: 48 × 34 cm (Sheet size)
Edition: 100
Technique: Woodblock print
Detail: Price not including the framing cost / KISS illustration / UKIYO-E PROJECT edition / Includes original folder and certificate of authenticity
Frame: Please Ask
Artist's Profile
1978 Born in Tokyo
Ishikawa becomes a disciple of Master Utagawa Toyokuni VI in 2000, but due to his master’s sudden passing, Ishikawa has continued to pursue the Utagawa aesthetics on his own, and actively holds both solo shows and group exhibitions.
Other than works with UKIYO-E PROJECT, Ishikawa has created illustrations for ukiyo-e in collaboration with Star Wars and Cobra; key visuals for GRAND FRONT OSAKA’s 3rd anniversary; poster designs for Onoe Matsuya’s solo show Idomu; key visuals for television series Ishikawa Goemon, to name a few.
Ishikawa’s recent works include a collaboration with KATSUSHIKA Hokusai for the exhibition Hokusai and Japonisme held at the National Museum of Western Art, a collaborative clothing line with New Era, and key visuals for the contemporary kabuki adaptation of Star Wars.
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Publisher's Comment
The members of the band are transformed into yokai and a samurai warrior. Gene Simmons is the flying devil with the enlarged head; Eric Singer is the nekomata, a mythical cat-monster, just like his character in the band; and Tommy Thayer is the nuribotoke, a monster with the Buddha’s face. Paul Stanley is depicted as the samurai warrior who fights these creatures, wearing a helmet decorated with a star, inspired by his persona name “Star Child”. The pentagram is his signature, but the hexagrams on his armor, above his knees, are meant to protect from the evil.