365 Views of Mt. Fuji: Algorithms of the Floating World

Shimoda, Todd and L. J. C.

ISBN 10: 1880656353 / ISBN 13: 9781880656358

Published by Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, CA, 1998

About this Item

Signed and inscribed by the author and the illustrator. Creasing to the corners, and a smudge to the bottom page edges. Publisher postcard and author business card laid in. ; Trade PB; 356 pages; Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Seller Inventory # 26725

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 365 Views of Mt. Fuji: Algorithms of the Floating World
• Publisher: Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley, CA
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1880656353
• ISBN 13: 9781880656358
• Binding: Softcover
• Illustrator: Shimoda, L.J.C.
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Todd Shimoda is associate professor of communication and information technology at Colorado State University.

L.J.C. Shimoda is an illustrator, digital artist, and designer.