“Determined artist Gunjou must paint a reclusive princess to become palace artist, but she refuses to leave her tower.”
Tojikomori-hime
閉籠姫
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Determined artist Gunjou must paint a reclusive princess to become palace artist, but she refuses to leave her tower.
Once upon a time, there was a princess who locked herself up in the top of a little tower, and a young man set on becoming the palace artist. When the King decrees that, "He who can paint a portrait of the 'Locked-up Maiden' will be made the palace artist", Gunjou thinks he's set...but the princess is not willing to come down, and Gunjou is not willing to give up. (Source: Kokoro no Oasis)
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A One shot Publication
- Format 1 ch ch × vol
- Total read 0h 08m approx
- Published Jan 2005 – ongoing
- Source One shot media type
- Ref. BS-M16175 catalog