{"product_id":"the-ghost-brush","title":"The Ghost Brush","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe legendary printmaker Hokusai created Japans best-known image  The Great Wavebut the story of his daughter Oei comes to life for the first time in this vivid historical novel  combining scholarly detective work and a daring narrative that shines fresh light on issues of authorship  duty  and the tender and inscrutable bond between a father and daughter.Recounting the story of her life  Oei plunges us into the colorful world of 19th-century Edo  in which courtesans rub shoulders with poets  artists consort with warriors  and the arts flourish in an unprecedented moment of creative fomentall despite a repressive political regime. Oei and Hokusai live amongst actors  novelists  tattoo artists  and prostitutes  evading the Shogunates spies. Her father journeys to gather visual references for his evolving masterpiece  Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. Wielding her brush  Oei rejects the typical pursuit of domesticity in favor of dedication to the arts. She defies all expectations of womanhood. All but onea dutiful daughter to the last  she will obey the will of her eccentric father  the man who created her and who  ultimately  will rob her of her future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986575093813,"sku":"ByrdShop_1554686431","price":62.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781554686438.jpg?v=1770909965","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-ghost-brush","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}