Oleg Torbin

The book introduces main features about Japanese painter Toyohara Kunichika and pays especial attention to the series “36 puzzles” and “36 mirages”.

The book is about series of paintings by a Russian painter Vasiliy Vereschagin produced during his 3-months stay in Japanese town Nikko.

The book is based on real historical events. Actual prototypes stand behind each of the mentioned characters. A humorous novel. Free from buttons, no stress for koumpounophobic people.

The book traces the origins of FURYU phenomenon in the history of Japan — novelties generated inside a sociaty and brought to it externally.

The book reviews 4 novels by Takagi Akimitsu — «Tower», «Destructive Justice», «Mystery of Genghis Khan», «Mystery of Yamatai Koku».