Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 10 by Fumi Yoshinaga - ISBN: 9781421572420
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Japan’s women rule, men are scarce, disease threatens all.

Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 10

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  • Paperback

    264 pages

  • Release Date

    18 November 2014

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Summary

In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga’s alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power—including the shogun’s seat!

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country’s men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, pr…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781421572420
ISBN-10:1421572427
Author:Fumi Yoshinaga
Publisher:Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Imprint:Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:264
Release Date:18 November 2014
Weight:354g
Dimensions:210mm x 146mm x 23mm
Series:Ôoku: The Inner Chambers
About The Author

Fumi Yoshinaga

Fumi Yoshinaga is a Tokyo-born manga creator who debuted in 1994 with Tsuki to Sandaru (The Moon and the Sandals). Yoshinaga has won numerous awards, including the 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Ôoku, the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for her series Antique Bakery and the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award for Ôoku. She was also nominated for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist.

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