The exquisite art of Takato Yamamoto (1960-) explores themes of darkness, bondage, metamorphosis, love and death. The perspective is always calm and serene - never depicting violence - rather, it is impending or just completed. Experimented, refined and developed his Ukiyo-e Pop style to create his "Heisei Estheticism" style, producing illustrations for mainly esthetic novels, fantasy novels, sensual novels
h/t : Kai Fine Art and Juxtapoz
