Nobuo TSUJI’s seminal work *Kiso no keifu*, originally published in 1970, offered a reappraisal of “eccentric” artists Iwasa Matabei, Kano Sansetsu, Ito Jakuchu, Soga Shohaku, Nagasawa Rosetsu, and Utagawa Kuniyoshi. A new English edition, *Lineage of Eccentrics: Matabei to Kuniyoshi*, is now available from Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Translated by Aaron Rio (PhD Candidate in Japanese Art, Columbia) and copy edited by Yayoi Shionoiri (MA in Modern Art, Columbia), the book also includes a foreword by Takashi Murakami, a new preface by Tsuji, full-color plates, and black and white reproductions throughout.
*Lineage of Eccentrics* will be of interest to scholars and students working in both premodern and contemporary Japanese art. It will also be useful to collectors, curators, and artists alike. Although this edition maintains much of Tsuji’s original format, there are several important revisions and additions to the text itself, as well as updated collection data and appendices.
A limited number of copies are available for sale at the National Gallery of Art, being sold in conjunction with *Colorful Realm: Japanese Bird-and-Flower Paintings by Ito Jakuchu*. Inquiries for purchase of copies can also be made to Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. at info@kaikaikiki.co.jp.
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