Curator Keizo Yukawa flees a dead-end job in Tokyo to head a new museum devoted to 365 paintings of Mt. Fuji - one for each day of the year - by the eccentric genius Takenoko. Takenoko died a hundred years ago, but his legacy of madness infects each member of the Ono family, who own the Views but disagree about almost everything. Yukawa's manipulation by the Onos and his fascination with an algorithmically controlled daughter lead to many strange happenings and his ultimate disintegration. Threadlike character "bytes" and hundreds of Hokusai-inspired illustrations suggest the nonlinear world below the high-tech veneer of a modern Japan that is increasingly, dangerously fragmented.
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Todd Shimoda is associate professor of communication and information technology at Colorado State University.
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Seller: Renaissance Books, Riverside, CA, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: New. No Jacket. Shimoda, L.J.C. (illustrator). 1st Edition. Keizo Yukawa leaves his dead-end job to head a new museaum devoted to 365 paintings of Mt. Fuji by the eccentric genius Takenoko. But the dead painter's madness infects the family that owns the paintings. Illustrated throughout with b/w drawings inspired by Hokusai. Published @ $19.95. Seller Inventory # 015357