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Fiica Lui Hokusai (2014)

by Katherine Govier(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Humanitas

review 1: It took me a while to get into this book; I just read a review where the reader gave up at pg 50, and gave it 1 star. This is why I persevered - and it paid off. I found the material so fascinating, it compelled me to keep reading. I didn't know this part of Japanese history, yet now I understand some of why modern society is the way it is. Hokusai's daughter: never heard of her. And yet I should have, by all accounts. (and it turns out I used to live in modern-day Yoshiwara!)
review 2: This book opens with a little girl hanging out with her artist father in 1800's Japan. He teaches his daughter to paint, and while he lives to his 90's and is famous around the world, the daughter's contributions to this success are generally ignored. Apprentices often pa... moreint part of a master's work, and there are times when "the old man", as she calls him, has palsy and his work could only have been painted by her. It's an interesting piece of history showing even worse restrictions for women than the rest of the world at the time. The book IS a bit long... Lynnette less

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