Šoku, the inner chambers, by Fumi Yoshinaga ; translation & adaptation, Akemi Wegmüller ; touch-up art & lettering, Monaliza De Asis, Vol. 17
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Šoku, the inner chambers, by Fumi Yoshinaga ; translation & adaptation, Akemi Wegmüller ; touch-up art & lettering, Monaliza De Asis, Vol. 17
Language
eng
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
Rated: M, for Mature
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Å oku
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
Responsibility statement
by Fumi Yoshinaga ; translation & adaptation, Akemi Wegmüller ; touch-up art & lettering, Monaliza De Asis
Sub title
the inner chambers
Summary
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... Prince Kazu is not the consort shogun Iemochi was expecting, but the young ruler is determined to make their relationship a good one. And despite her initial distaste for Edo and everything about it, Prince Kazu find herself warming to her spouse. But the world beyond the safety of the Inner Chambers is a cruel one, and the secret of their fragile marriage is under constant threat from of discovery
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- Graphic novels
- Courts and courtiers -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Epidemics -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Shoguns -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Historical comics
- Sex role -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
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- Classification1
- Contributor2
- Creator1
- Genre4
- Subject9
- Graphic novels
- Courts and courtiers -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Epidemics -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Comics (Graphic works)
- Shoguns -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Historical comics
- Sex role -- Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Japan -- History -- Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Alternative histories (Fiction)
- Content2
- Author1
- Illustrator2
- Is Part Of1
- letterer1
- Translator1