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My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe

Name: My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe
Released: Sept. 15 2010, 16:55
Duration: 26 min

Ian Rankin , Stephan Steinhouse & Marc F. Voizard

1979 | 26 min

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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.

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<iframe src="https://www.nfb.ca/film/my_floating_world_miyuki_tanobe/embed/player/" width="(( width ))" height="(( height ))" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" webkitallowfullscreen="true" mozallowfullscreen="true"></iframe><p style="width:(( width ))px"><a href="https://www.nfb.ca/film/my_floating_world_miyuki_tanobe/" target="_blank"><em>My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe</em></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.tv/directors/ian-rankin/" title="more films by Ian Rankin" target="_blank"><span>Ian Rankin</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.tv/directors/stephan-steinhouse/" title="more films by Stephan Steinhouse" target="_blank"><span>Stephan Steinhouse</span></a><span> & </span><a href="https://www.nfb.tv/directors/marc-f-voizard/" title="more films by Marc F. Voizard" target="_blank"><span>Marc F. Voizard</span></a><span>, </span><a href="https://www.nfb.tv" target="_blank">provided by the National Film Board of Canada</a></p>