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The Resource Ooku : the inner chambers, Vol. 2, [story and art] by Fumi Yoshinaga ; [translation & adaption, Akemi Wegmuller]

Ooku : the inner chambers, Vol. 2, [story and art] by Fumi Yoshinaga ; [translation & adaption, Akemi Wegmuller]

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In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. R to L (Japanese Style). Curious about why female lords must take on male names, the Shogun Yoshimune seeks out the ancient scribe Murase and his archives of the last eighty years of the Inner Chambers--called the Chronicle of the Dying Day. In it's pages Yoshimune discovers the coming of the Redface Pox, the death of the last male Shogun, and the birth of the new Japan... In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen to a quarter of the total female population. 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..
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eng
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224 p.
Note
  • "First published in Japan in 2006 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo"--Verso
  • This book reads from right to left
Isbn
9781421527482
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Ooku : the inner chambers, Vol. 2
Title
Ooku
Title remainder
the inner chambers
Title number
Vol. 2
Statement of responsibility
[story and art] by Fumi Yoshinaga ; [translation & adaption, Akemi Wegmuller]
Title variation
Inner chambers
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Language
eng
Summary
In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. R to L (Japanese Style). Curious about why female lords must take on male names, the Shogun Yoshimune seeks out the ancient scribe Murase and his archives of the last eighty years of the Inner Chambers--called the Chronicle of the Dying Day. In it's pages Yoshimune discovers the coming of the Redface Pox, the death of the last male Shogun, and the birth of the new Japan... In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen to a quarter of the total female population. 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..
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James Tiptree, Jr. Award, 2009.
Awards note
2009 Osamu Tezuka Prize winner for Ooku.
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343136
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1971-
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Yoshinaga, Fumi
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
  • "Parental advisory, explicit content"--Cover
  • Rated M for mature
Language note
Translated from the Japanese
Nature of contents
comics graphic novels
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Wegmuller, Akemi
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True
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Ooku: the inner chambers
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0002
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  • Sexual division of labor
  • Men
  • Japan
Target audience
adult
Label
Ooku : the inner chambers, Vol. 2, [story and art] by Fumi Yoshinaga ; [translation & adaption, Akemi Wegmuller]
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Publication
Note
  • "First published in Japan in 2006 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo"--Verso
  • This book reads from right to left
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
224 p.
Isbn
9781421527482
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Other physical details
chiefly ill.
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(Sirsi) i9781421527482
Label
Ooku : the inner chambers, Vol. 2, [story and art] by Fumi Yoshinaga ; [translation & adaption, Akemi Wegmuller]
Publication
Note
  • "First published in Japan in 2006 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo"--Verso
  • This book reads from right to left
Dimensions
21 cm.
Extent
224 p.
Isbn
9781421527482
Isbn Type
(pbk.)
Other physical details
chiefly ill.
System control number
(Sirsi) i9781421527482

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