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Date : 1951
Size : 16.5 × 12 cm (Image size)
Detail : E.A. / ed. 9 / Aquatint / Soft ground etching / Framed (Sealed up)
"Les Chants de Maldoror (The Songs of Maldoror)" is a French poetic novel. It was written by the Comte de Lautréamont.
The work concerns the misanthropic character of Maldoror, a figure of evil who has renounced conventional morality. Although obscure at the time of its initial publication, Maldoror was rediscovered and championed by the Surrealist artists during the early twentieth century.
Komai learned copperplate engraving from Nishida Takeo and got a prize of Shunyo-Kai. In the next year, he got a prize at the first São Paulo Art Biennial.
Komai was highly appreciated even in the oversea with Munakata Shiko, and it enabled him to make a spectacular debut in the Japanese art field after WWⅡ.
His artwork had an impact on a lot of Japanese print artists, as a pioneer of the copperplate field.