My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe 1979

Directed by Ian Rankin and Marc F. Voizard · Documentary · 27 min

This documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home. She works in the Nihonga style, applying centuries-old techniques to scenes drawn directly from the working-class neighborhoods of Montréal. The film records the progression of one of her paintings from preliminary sketch to completion.