A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga’s most distinguished author

Showa 1926–1939: A History of Japan lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki’s historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth centuryDepicted 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 author’s 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 crisisThe period leading up to World War II is thus a time of economic hardship and record unemployment. Forthright descriptions of ensuing militarization reveal Mizuki’s 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.

Format Häftad Omfång 560 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Drawn and Quarterly Utgivningsdatum 2022-08-23 ISBN 9781770466258