The Restless Pursuit of the Floating World In the bustling streets of Edo, the son of a mirror maker begins to draw. By the age of six, the boy is already sketching, driven by a hunger that his father, Nakajima Ise, recognizes but cannot fully direct. This is not a life of comfort. It is a steady, gritty climb through the social strata of the Tokugawa shogunate. By twelve, he enters the studio of Katsukawa Shunshō, learning the demand…