YoshitakaAmanohasvisualizedotherworldsofwonderastheartistoftheFinalFantasygameseries.Now,withElegantSpirits,ourownworld’sancienttreasuresofliteratureandlegendarerichlyevokedthroughAmano’spaintingsandillustrations!ElegantSpiritsfirstcontainsAmano’sadaptationofTheTaleofGenji,apsychologicalexplorationofcourtlylovewrittenathousandyearsagobyLadyMurasaki,andoftenconsideredtobetheearliestnoveleverwritten.ThesecondhalfofElegantSpiritsisAmano’sFairies,hisportrayalsofthemanymagicalbeingsofEnglishandCelticloreanddrama--frombrowniesandtheSeelieCourt,toMerlinandNimue,toShakespeare’sPuckandTitania.TheimagesofElegantSpiritsareaccompaniedbyexcerptsoftext,poetry,andthestoriesthataccompanytheseunforgettablefiguresofthepast.
TALE FAIRIES SPIRITS POETRY AMANO
