着物美人の光と影…日本女性の究極の美を表現！ 　妖艶、華麗、悲哀、可憐、情欲。“女”のすべてがここにある。さまざまな表情を浮かべる女体と着物。日本人の美しさを描いた、珠玉の55点を収録。 　絵画だからこそできた美の表現がここにある。 ●西村春海（にしむら・しゅんかい） 1949年、青森県生まれ。画家を目指して大学半ばで上京。1984年に「スポーツニッポン」で笹沢佐保『華やかな鬼気』に挿絵執筆を期に、数多くの新聞・雑誌で連載小説の挿絵を手がける。1996年には、CD-ROM画集『春海』『春海II』を出版。ロイヤルサロン銀座他にて個展を20数回開催している。日本出版美術家連盟元理事長。日本文芸家クラブ大賞出版美術賞、日刊現代挿絵賞を受賞。 SHUNKAI ART WORKS “Kimono” The dark and light side of beauty in kimono. Expressing extreme beauty of Japanese woman ! Coquetry， gorgeousness， sorrow， purity， passion. Here is everything about “woman”. Body of woman and kimono making various faces. Here includes excellent 55 pieces of Japanese beauty. Only drawing can express this beauty. ●Syunkai Nishimura He was born in 1949 in Aomori prefecture. He went to Tokyo to be a painter after he left university. Later， he drew illustrations for a novel “Bright Evil” by Saho Sasazawa in the newspaper， “Sports Nippon”. He has worked on many running stories in both newspapers and magazines. In 1996， he released the CD-ROM art book， “Shunkai” and “ShunkaiII”. He exhibited his work two dozen times at Royalsalon-Ginza. Administrative director of Japan Publishing Artist Federation. He has been awarded grand prizes by the Japan Writer’s club， Publishing Art and was awarded a prize for illustration from Nikkan Gendai.