{"id":28,"date":"2004-06-12T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2004-06-12T12:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=28"},"modified":"2021-06-03T18:18:47","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T22:18:47","slug":"the-old-man-mad-about-drawing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/28","title":{"rendered":"The Old Man Mad About Drawing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Old Man Mad About Drawing<\/a><\/i> Francois Place Translated by William Rodarmor<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I got this book solely on the recommendation of Jim at the Bookshelf, who said he thought I would like it (several years ago I had been looking for the story “The Boy Who Drew Cats<\/a>” which I remembered from a reading book in elementary school.) So I purchased a copy (the older I get, and the more disposable income I have, the happier Jim is to see me.)<\/p>\n

The story is not only delightful, the artwork is delightful, combining new artwork, with photographs with of original artists drawings.<\/p>\n

Tojiro, a young boy who sells rice cakes on the street, meets and eventually becomes an assistant to Katsuhika Hokusai<\/a>, the Old Man Mad About Drawing.<\/p>\n

“Hey, enough of that sparrow! I didn’t take you in so you could make fun of me! Are you provoking me? Very well, en garde<\/i>! Defend yourself! We’ll see if you have what it takes to be a samurai!”<\/p>\n

As if possessed by the demon of the dance, the old painter and Tojiro began to circle each other, each threatening the other with the tip of a paintbrush. An attack was launched: hop! A quick step to the side. Entrechats, grimaces, parries, offensives — they didn’t miss a trick.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I believe that I am going to get this book for the small people in my life–once they grow old enough to appreciate it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Old Man Mad About Drawing Francois Place Translated by William Rodarmor I got this book solely on the recommendation of Jim at the Bookshelf, who said he thought I would like it (several years ago I had been looking for the story “The Boy Who Drew Cats” which I remembered from a reading book […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,3,291,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10-10","category-kids","category-paper","category-translated"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4134,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4134","url_meta":{"origin":28,"position":0},"title":"Books for Kids: Part III","author":"Michelle","date":"October 24, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are books for middle grade readers and older kids. 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