Katsushika Oei: Mistress of Shadow, Bringer of Light

A look at the life and art of one of Japan’s most innovative (and least recognized) artists from the Edo period: Katsushika Ōi (c. 1800 - c. 1860) - the daughter of Hokusai. Videos cited: Saturday University: Katsushika Ōi and the Hokusai Legacy    • Saturday University: Katsushika Ōi and the...   KATSUSHIKA Oei: A Woman Artist in a Floating World    • KATSUSHIKA Oei: A Woman Artist in a Floati...   Anatomy of an Artwork: Dr. Sarah Thompson on Katsushika Ōi    • Anatomy of an Artwork: Dr. Sarah Thompson ...   Web article cited: Hokusai and Ōi: art runs in the family https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/ho... Print material cited or referenced: “The Printmaker’s Daughter” by Katherine Govier “Picturing the Floating World Ukiyo-e in Context” by Julie Nelson Davis CHAPTERS: 0:00 - Intro 6:24 - Sources used for this 7:16 - Who was Katsushika Oei? 8:32 - Hokusai 9:40 - Oei’s childhood 10:14 - Apprenticeship with Tsutsumi Torin III 21:15 - Oei’s marriage (and divorce) 22:48 - Hokusai’s stroke 25:08 - What’s in a name? (Ei becomes Oi) 31:35 - Appraising Oei’s art 34:21 - Bijin-ga 41:19 - Oei’s masterworks 1:14:28 - Oei’s mysterious disappearance