Out Of The Mansion Of The Motoyasu [Hardcover]

This is an autobiography, in which the authors life story is told not only from deep within her soul, but also from a place outside the narrator?and hovering above her. It is a historical novel, telling the story of Japans?encounter with the West at the end of the 19th century, and through the?years a er World War II.
? ? ?This is a book of personal mythology and spirituality documenting?the growth of the authors soul, starting from the age of four as she starts?painting on scraps of cardboard while hiding in hand-dug bomb shelters?during the bombings, and then as she grows into an intensely serious artist.
? ? ?This book will be attractive to anyone interested in psychology, selfrealization,?spirituality, feminism, religion, language, different cultures, or?the relationship between life and death: the passionate integration of all
these themes makes this book extraordinary. And it is a compelling account?of the essence of artof the artists role as a passionate witness, and as a?constructive outsider.