This story is based on the novel "Jo no mai" by Tomiko Miyao which is based on the life of painter Shōen Uemura (1875–1949), the first woman to be awarded the Order of Culture. The title refers to the masterpiece bijinga ("picture of a beautiful woman") that Uemura painted at the age of 61. The main character, Tsuya Shimamura, is born in Kyoto as the second daughter of a tea trader who dies before her birth. Tsuya, who loves painting more than anything and is hopeless at housework, attends art school and at age 15 receives the name Shōsui (from the characters for "pine" and "green") from her teacher. The crown prince of England purchases one of her works, propelling her to fame overnight. The novel portrays the remainder of her stormy life, during which she is impregnated by her teacher and raises a fatherless child; through it all she devotes herself to her painting, undaunted.
演员: Yûko Natori
/ 住田 知仁
/ 三田村 邦彦
/ Aki Mizusawa
/ Mariko Okada
/ 高峰三枝子
/ 三田 佳子
/ Shirō Ōsaka
/ Kōjirō Kusanagi
/ Kin Sugai
/ Junkichi Orimoto
/ Tomiko Ishii
/ Eizō Kitamura
/ 江波多寛児
/ 野口泉
/ Ryoichi Kusanagi
/ 市川好朗
/ 三浦徳子
/ Naoji Iwata
/ Mineko Maruhira
/ Masaharu Arikawa
/ 川浪公次郎
/ 白川浩二郎
/ Yoshihiro Igarashi
/ 大木吾郎
/ Tsuyako Okajima
/ Kayoko Tominaga
/ Mieko Hoshino
/ Junichi Hosokawa
/ 山田良树
/ 壬生新太郎
/ Rantaro Mine
/ 木下通博
/ 市原 悦子
/ 成田三树夫
/ 佐藤庆
