Ebook {Epub PDF} The Printmakers Daughter by Katherine Govier

The Printmaker's Daughter by Katherine Govier is a fictional account of the lives of Hokusai and his daughter Ei (or Oei). Ei Katsushika was the third daughter of Hokusai Katsushika. Ei appears to the much- Nineteenth century Japan is an era most equate with the end of an era/5.  · About the Author. Katherine Govier’s most recent novel, The Ghost Brush, was published in the United States as The Printmaker’s Daughter, and in translation in Romania, Spain, Quebec, and Japan. Her novel Creation was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has won the Marian Engel Award and the Toronto Book Award, and has twice been nominated for the Trillium Brand: HarperCollins Publishers. The Printmaker's Daughter. Harper Perennial, As a child, Oei joined her father, Hokusai, the printmaker, in his studio. In a time when a woman was a possession of her menfolk, Oei labored to bring her father’s visions to life. Her home of Edo (Tokyo) was the largest city in the world, teeming with peasants, warriors, townsmen, merchants.

A lost voice of old Japan reclaims her rightful place inhistory in this breathtaking work of imagination and scholarship from award-winning and internationally acclaimedauthor Katherine Govier. In the evocative taleof 19th century Tokyo, The Printmaker'sDaughter delivers an enthrallingta. Katherine Govier, author of The Printmaker's Daughter. and Creation (Visual Arts), shares the story behind the story about Oei, the daughter of famed Japanese printmaker Hokusai, and the art world of Edo/Tokyo in the early 19th century.. The Yoshiwara, Edo, Japan. Dawn approaches in the nightless city. Hokusai, who at 46 is already the "Old Man", has been painting in the "pleasure. The Printmaker's Daughter delivers a serious message - along with a research opportunity for doctoral students seeking a dissertation topic. If Katsushika Oei's genius finally emerges from well over a century of neglect, we can thank Katherine Govier for giving the effort one heck of a shove. Read more.

About the Author. Katherine Govier’s most recent novel, The Ghost Brush, was published in the United States as The Printmaker’s Daughter, and in translation in Romania, Spain, Quebec, and Japan. Her novel Creation was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She has won the Marian Engel Award and the Toronto Book Award, and has twice been nominated for the Trillium Book Award. The Printmaker's Daughter by Katherine Govier is a fictional account of the lives of Hokusai and his daughter Ei (or Oei). Ei Katsushika was the third daughter of Hokusai Katsushika. Ei appears to the much- Nineteenth century Japan is an era most equate with the end of an era. IndieBound. Target. Walmart. + See More U.S. International Retailers. about. A lost voice of old Japan reclaims her rightful place inhistory in this breathtaking work of imagination and scholarship from award-winning and internationally acclaimedauthor Katherine Govier. In the evocative taleof 19th century Tokyo, The Printmaker’sDaughter delivers an enthrallingtale of one of the world’s great unknown artists: Oei,the mysterious daughter of master printmaker Hokusai, painter of the.