Out of the Mansion of the Motoyasu

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 art--of the artists role as a passionate witness and as a constructive outsider.