206 pages
English language
Published 1986 by Faber and Faber.
An artist of the floating world
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As Japan rebuilds her cities after the calamity of World War II, the celebrated painter Masuji Ono should be enjoying a tranquil retirement. But as his memories continually return to a life and career deeply touched by the rise of Japanese militarism, a dark shadow begins to grow over his serenity.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Art and the war -- Fiction
- Fathers and daughters -- Fiction
- Older men -- Fiction
- Artists -- Fiction
- Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952 -- Fiction