Oldtaku no Radio #019 – Miss Hokusai

Not a lot is known about O-ei, Katsushika Hokusai’s
third daughter, and that’s what makes Miss Hokusai less an
interesting biopic than dramatic historical fiction. This
movie, which adapts Hinako Sugiura’s original manga, paints a
portrait of an artist in vignettes and brings to light a
historical figure who lived in the shadows for a good deal of her
life. Daughter, sister, artist, woman – Miss Hokusai
crafts how O-ei is defined and grows
by integrating nods to her work and her father’s with
intimate moments that made her who the mangaka wanted her to be
today. We’ve included some links to easily Google-able
reference materials in the show notes, and we strongly urge you
to check those out if you dig the character and historical figure
as we now do.


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Runtime: 1 hr, 35 min
Show Notes Opening Song: “Through the Glass” by Kaz
Mirblouk There is no spoilers section. (It’s a movie, watch it on
Netflix and come back for a listen without worry.) The hosts regret
to inform you that they may be wrong about facts they did not study
thoroughly  but wish to convey their confidence in their
analysis of artistic presentation. Ending Song: “Money
1973” by NO FUTURE Some awesome starting places to lear more about
Katsushika O-ei:

The British Museum’s O-ei entry.

Sora News 24 piece on O-ei.

NHK’s live-action show on O-ei.

Hokusai’s bio.

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