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1890. Yamamoto Kiyoki is a Japanese artwork student, fantasizing of learning in Paris with the inspiring and vivid Impressionist painters. Yamamoto Ryusei is Kiyoki's daddy. Ryusei's artwork, carving intricate masks for traditional Japanese theater, has been his refuge from loneliness since the loss of life of his loved wife, and he's revered as the utmost inspired musician of his kind. He desires his only boy to honor the customs of his family and his country, not to be seduced by Traditional western ideas of what is beautiful. Ryusei dreams Kiyoki will observe his own recognized career, creating masks that will become the family's crowning achievements. But what is a daddy to do when his son's path is not what he had planned? And how can a boy honor his daddy, and yet gratify his own future?
