The old man mad about drawing
Subtitle: a tale of Hokusai
By: François Place ; translated from the French by William Rodarmor.
Contributors: Rodarmor, William.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: David R. Godine
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 -- Juvenile fiction.; Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849 -- Fiction.; Artists -- Fiction.; Tokyo (Japan) -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868 -- Fiction.; Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1600-1868 -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Tojiro, a young seller of rice cakes in the Japanese capital of Edo, later known as Tokyo, is amazed to discover that the grumpy and shabby old man who buys his cakes is a famous artist renowned for his sketches, prints, and paintings of flowers, animals, and landscapes.