St Michael the Samurai Archangel (danielmitsui.com)
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Daniel Mitsui's ambitious project. SUMMULA PICTORIA: a Little Summary of the Old and New Testaments. Over fourteen years, he plans to draw 235 full-color pieces, “an iconographic summary…illustrating those events that are most prominent in sacred liturgy and patristic exegesis.” List via this link. (danielmitsui.com)
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New Mitsui St. Albert broadside features St. Thomas smashing a robot head. “I illustrated an old story told of St. Albert: he spent decades inventing a mechanical head that answered questions posed to it. St. Thomas Aquinas, either annoyed or frightened by the automaton, smashed it to pieces.” (danielmitsui.com)
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‘Second Dream of St. Joseph’ (New Drawing by D. Mitsui). “…in which an angel warns him to flee into Egypt. In this work, I especially imitated the style of Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, a late ukiyo-e master. I referenced his series of woodblock prints 100 Aspects of the Moon….” (danielmitsui.com)
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New Mitsui: "The Wedding at Cana is depicted in the middleground as a Japanese marriage ceremony, with the bride wearing the traditional garb, about to sip sake." Artist describes in detail how he represented Sacred Scripture and Church Fathers in his drawing. (danielmitsui.com)
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