Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan
Drawn and Quarterly
ISBN13:
9781770466258
$29.95
A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by mangas most distinguished author Showa 19261939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizukis 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 authors earliest memories coincide with key events of the time. It all begins with the Great Kanto Earthquake, a natural disaster that forces the country into a financial crisis. The period leading up to World War II is thus a time of economic hardship and record unemployment. Forthright descriptions of ensuing militarization reveal Mizukis lifelong stance as a thoughtful pacifist, critical of domestically disputed events like the Nanjing Massacre clearly painted here as an atrocity. This first volume in a four-part series is a captivating historical portrait tracking the industrial and societal developments that would come to shape Japan's foreign policy in the interwar period.
- | Author: Shigeru Mizuki
- | Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
- | Publication Date: Oct 11, 2022
- | Number of Pages: 560 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback/Comics & Graphic Novels
- | ISBN-10: 1770466258
- | ISBN-13: 9781770466258
- Author:
- Shigeru Mizuki
- Publisher:
- Drawn and Quarterly
- Publication Date:
- Oct 11, 2022
- Number of pages:
- 560 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback/Comics & Graphic Novels
- ISBN-10:
- 1770466258
- ISBN-13:
- 9781770466258