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Ōoku : the inner chambers. vol. 8 / story and art by Fumi Yoshinaga ; translation & adaptation, Akemi Wegmüller ; touch-up art & lettering, Monalisa De Asis.
Record details
- ISBN: 1421554828
- ISBN: 9781421554822
- Physical Description: 250 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
- Edition: VIZ signature edition.
- Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : VIZ Media, [2013]
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First published in Japan in 2012 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon. "Parental advisory, explicit content"--Cover. |
| Summary, etc.: | "Yoshimune has secured her place in history as a cunning and capable ruler, but the time has come for her to officially declare an heir. Many in her court hope she will pass over her oafish older daughter Ieshige in favor of the urbane Munetake. Yoshimune has never been one to bow to convention, but this time the future of her country is at stake!"--Back cover. |
| Target Audience Note: | Rated M for mature. |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Japanese. |
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| Subject: | Sex role > Japan > Comic books, strips, etc. Epidemics > Japan > Comic books, strips, etc. Japan > History > Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 > Comic books, strips, etc. |
| Genre: | Science fiction comics. Comics (Graphic works) Graphic novels. Alternative histories (Comics) Manga. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.
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Ãoku: the Inner Chambers, Vol. 8
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Ãoku: the Inner Chambers, Vol. 8
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, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber... Yoshimune has secured her place in history as a cunning and capable ruler, but the time has come for her to officially declare an heir. Many in her court hope she will pass over her oafish older daughter Ieshige in favor of the urbane Munetake. Yoshimune has never been one to bow to convention, but this time the future of her country is at stake!
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