Manga from the floating world: comicbook culture and the kibyōshi of Edo Japan

"The first full-length study in English of the kibyōshi, a genre of woodblock-printed comicbook widely read in late eighteenth-century Japan that became an influential form of political satire. The volume is copiously illustrated with rare prints from Japanese archival collections"--Provid...

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Main Author: Kern, Adam L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge (Massachusetts) Harvard University Asia Center 2019
Edition:Second edition with a new preface
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs 279
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Summary:"The first full-length study in English of the kibyōshi, a genre of woodblock-printed comicbook widely read in late eighteenth-century Japan that became an influential form of political satire. The volume is copiously illustrated with rare prints from Japanese archival collections"--Provided by publisher
Item Description:The pages are laid out as follows: from the front cover towards the center of the book, pages xxxii, 1-250, 510-567; from the back cover towards the center of the book, pages 256-506
Physical Description:xxxii, 567 Seiten, 8 ungezählte Seiten Bildtafeln Illustrationen 29 cm
ISBN:9780674241787
0674241789
9780674241763
0674241762

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