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"Until the Moon Sets"

By Takato Yamamoto

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Goatsucker (飲山羊乳者)

The nightjar hangs close to the sheep or goat, to suckle milk at the breast. In turn the sheep eagerly awaits the night, and her nightjar's whisper of newfound secrets.

An art style study I did based on Takato Yamamoto (山本タカト), known for his heisei aesthetic paintings (a fusion of Japanese ukiyo-e x gothic art).

Takato Yamamoto's line drawings are solidly constructed, a blend of detailed nature and smooth, realistic faces. Though, his compositions typically frame characters up closer to bring out the beauty of their faces.

The eyes are often monolid in shape, with a red underline and colorless irises.

Characters, Artwork © EerieAyres

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Takato Yamamoto

Takato Yamamoto was born in 1960 in Akita Prefecture. A graduate in painting at Tokyo Zokei University, his art will take time to take shape.

First interested in ukyoe pop, a style that takes up the codes of ukyoe to refresh them and offer them a contemporary dimension, he will then be the initiator of his own style which he calls "Heisei aesthetics" of the name of the era of the current emperor as if to declare a new contemporary style to Japanese pictorial art.

There is a ton of violence in his works, an aesthetic sometimes gory, sometimes erotic, but rarely bordering on pornography. A little something reminiscent of Berserk at times, the violence of Griffith in the grip of demons, an immense universe, an immersion made up of small transgressive reminders, homosexuality, evil creature, death, bondage, ..., universes common to Japanese transgressive illustration but here magnified by a unique style almost an engraving.

Takato Yamamoto est né en 1960 dans la préfecture d’Akita. Diplomé de peinture à l’université de Tokyo Zokei, son art va mettre du temps à prendre forme.

Premièrement intéressé par l’ukyoe pop, un style qui reprend les codes de l’ukyoe pour les rafrâichir et leur offrir une dimension contemporaine, il va par la suite être l’initiateur de son propre style qu’il nomme « esthétisme Heisei » du nom de l’ère de l’empereur actuel comme pour déclarer un nouveau style contemporain à l’art picturale japonais.

Il y a une tonne de violence dans ses oeuvres, un esthétisme parfois gore, parfois érotique, mais rarement aux bordures de la pornographie. Un petit quelque chose rappelant Berserk par moment, la violence de Griffith en proie aux démons, un univers immense, une immersion faîte de petits rappels transgressifs, homosexualité, créature malfaisante, mort, bondage, …, des univers communs à l’illustration transgressive japonaise mais ici magnifiés par un style unique presqu’une gravure.

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Takato Yamamoto, or the revival of a style

Some classes ago (maybe a lot) we looked at some big hits in traditional Japanese art. Among the beautiful pieces we saw, having for example the famous The great wave off Kanagawa by Hokusai and other prints by that big artist, the Ukiyo-e style was really prominent. Long story short, Ukiyo-e is the name of the most famous genre of Japanese art. As we were told, this genre mostly depicts typical subjects, religious and folk scenes, flora and fauna and some raunchy stuff called shunga.

Ukiyo-e has been really influential in the Western world because of the displays of dimension and depth and the way nature is shown. But it also has been a big influence on the career of Takato Yamamoto.

Takato Yamamoto was born on January 15 (so he's a Capricorn and that's funny because he loves his work and became famous doing his thing as most lucky caps) fifty seven years ago. He studied painting at Tokyo Zokei Uni and he developed a style called Ukiyo-e Pop which he later re-defined as "Heisei aesthetics" in the nineties and early 2000 s, the Heisei era in Japanese traditional eras. There are a lot of Western and European influences in his pieces, as there is a lot of skulls, blood and other edgy-dark elements, nudism and sex themes, nature and plays on traditional topics. He even has a print with some girls that look like Elizabeth Siddal, the model of pre-raphaelites (the redhead girl from Ophelia, Proserpine, Medea and English art in general who looks like Florence + the Machine). 

I think this guy makes really good prints and he really has a talented vision of art. Anyways, sometimes he's too edgy for me and he has a serious problem with the same face syndrome. At the end of the day, though, I love his use of color and how he composes, I read that he has even been compared to Gustav Klimt (the guy behind The Kiss) because of how he merges elements and color. But again, a lot of his art looks like early 200 s Death Note fan art and the works a talented 2005 eroguro would have made.

Now I'll leave you with his most famous work + stuff I really love. The last one is my personal favorite because of how delicate the whole scene looks and the golden ornaments outside the main illustration. I also love the inuyasha-like picture. I'm sure I've seen the other ones a lot in social networks or whatsapp profiles. Sorry for the long post!!

- Ignacia Salazar