Showa 1926-1939
A History of Japan
$68.43
- Paperback
560 pages
- Release Date
11 October 2022
Summary
Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki’s historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth century. Depicted against his trademark photorealistic backdrops, Mizuki effortlessly portrays a nation forced into a period of upheaval and brings history into the realm of the personal. Indeed, as a child coming of age in the Showa era, the author’s earliest memories coincide with key events of the time.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770466258 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770466258 |
| Author: | Shigeru Mizuki |
| Publisher: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Imprint: | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Release Date: | 11 October 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.01kg |
| Dimensions: | 164mm x 222mm |
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Critics Review
“A powerful, maddening and at times bitterly funny war story–a revealing look at World War II from the opposite side.” —Dan Kois, NPR
“Shigeru Mizuki is one of Japan’s greatest illustrators, a master of both realism and manga.” —The Globe and Mail
Shigeru Mizuki
Shigeru Mizuki (1922-2015)
Shigeru Mizuki was one of Japan’s most respected artists. A creative prodigy, he lost an arm in World War II. After the war, Mizuki became one of the founders of Japan’s latest craze: manga.
He invented the yokai genre with GeGeGe no Kitaro, his most famous character, who has been adapted for the screen several times as anime, live action, and video games. In fact, a new anime series has been made every decade since 1968, capturing the imaginations of generations of Japanese children.
A researcher of yokai and a real-life ghost hunter, Mizuki traveled to over sixty countries to engage in fieldwork based on spirit folklore. In his hometown of Sakaiminato, one can find Shigeru Mizuki Road, a street decorated with bronze statues of his Kitaro characters.
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