Ukiyo no gaka
By: Kazuo Ishiguro ; Tobita Shigeo yaku
Contributors: Tobita, Shigeo, 1927- translator
Edition: Shohan
Series: Hayakawa epi bunko -- 39
Publisher: Hayakawa Shobō
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9784151200397
Subjects: Fiction; History; World War, 1939-1945; Art and the war; Fathers and daughters; Older men; Artists
Work titles: Artist of the floating world
Description: World War II is over and Japan sets about rebuilding her shattered cities. Masuji Ono, an aging painter, looks back over his life and assesses a career that coincided with the rise of Japanese militarism.