{"product_id":"my-picture-diary-gn","title":"MY PICTURE DIARY GN","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_text_column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wpb_wrapper\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe wife of Japan’s most lauded manga-ka documents a year in their lives with her own artistry.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn 1981, Fujiwara Maki began a picture diary about daily life with her son and husband, the legendary manga author Tsuge Yoshiharu. Publishing was not her original intention. “I wanted to record our family’s daily life while our son, Shosuke, was small. But as 8mm cameras were too expensive and we were poor, I decided on the picture diary format instead. I figured Shosuke would enjoy reading it when he got older.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDrawn in a simple, personable style, and covering the same years fictionalized in Tsuge’s final masterpiece \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Man Without Talent\u003c\/i\u003e, Fujiwara’s journal focuses on the joys of daily life amidst the stresses of childrearing, housekeeping, and managing a depressed husband. A touching and inspiring testimony of one Japanese woman’s resilience, \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMy Picture Diary\u003c\/i\u003e is also an important glimpse of the enigma that is Tsuge. Fujiwara’s diary is unsparing. It provides a stark picture of the gender divide in their household: Tsuge sleeps until noon and does practically nothing. He never compliments her cooking, and dictates how money is spent. Not once is he shown drawing. And yet, Fujiwara remains surprisingly empathetic toward her mercurial husband.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTranslated by Ryan Holmberg, this edition sheds light on Fujiwara’s life, her own career in art, writing, and underground theater, and her extensive influence upon her husband’s celebrated manga.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"MPS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46608936042805,"sku":"9781770466623","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0260\/3030\/9430\/files\/PICTURE-DIARY.cover_-scaled.jpg?v=1694043585","url":"https:\/\/shop.floatingworldcomics.com\/products\/my-picture-diary-gn","provider":"Floating World Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}