Publication

2011 - Harper Perennial, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

125,250 words, Guess

Page Count

501 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780062000361
  • Open LibraryOL25329179M

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPR9199.3.G657 P75 2011
  • LCCPR9199.3.G657P75

Description

Recounting the story of her life, Oei plunges us into the colorful world of nineteenth-century Edo, in which courtesans rub shoulders with poets, warriors consort with actors, and the arts flourish in an unprecedented moment of creative upheaval. Oei and Hokusai live among writers, novelists, tattoo artists, and prostitutes, evading the spies of the repressive shogunate as they work on Hokusai's countless paintings and prints. Wielding her brush, rejecting domesticity in favor of dedication to the arts, Oei defies all expectations of womanhood--all but one. A dutiful daughter to the last, she will obey the will of her eccentric father, the man who created her and who, ultimately, will rob her of her place in history.

Subjects

People

Katsushika, Ōi (19th cent)Hokusai Katsushika (1760-1849)

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