The Printmaker's Daughter by Katherine Govier, is historical fiction based on the life of the daughter of Japan's most famous painter, Hokusai, the legendary printmaker famous for his images of Mount Fuji, and The Great Wave.
According to Govier, much of Hokusai's work, especially later in his life, was actually done by his daughter, Oei, even though she was never given any credit for it.
It's a fascinating picture of nineteenth-century Edo, as well as the lives of artists and courtesans of the time. It's up to the reader to decide how much is fact, how much is fiction. Either way, it's a great story.
It took me a while to get engrossed in this novel, but once I did, I thought it was a wonderful read.
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