Pathway to Japanese Literature

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Original Title	北斎と幽霊
Author	国枝 史郎
Genre	Detective & Mystery
Author Type	Male Author
Summary	Edo-period Japan is a vibrant but unforgiving canvas for Katsushika Hokusai, an impoverished artist on the brink of abandoning his craft. Peddling calendars, he feels his dreams fading, until a public humiliation shatters his former master, Kanō Yūsen. Hokusai witnesses Yūsen’s defiant, tragic sacrifice for artistic integrity—an act that ignites a searing resolve within the young painter, transforming his despair into a dangerous purpose. Years later, as Hokusai’s own unique talent begins to command attention, an unexpected commission arrives: a painting for the very man who orchestrated his master’s ruin, the powerful Senior Councilor Lord Abe. Now, Hokusai must confront his past, wielding his brush not for beauty, but for a calculated, chilling retribution. This single, vengeful masterpiece will unleash a terror that transcends the canvas.