Showa, 1953-1989 : a history of Japan / Shigeru Mizuki ; translation by Zack Davisson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015, author, artist.

Contributor:

Davisson, Zack, translator.

Drawn & Quarterly (Firm), publisher.

Comics Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

Standardized Title:

Komikku Shōwa shi. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015--Comic books, strips, etc.

Mizuki, Shigeru.

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015.

History.

Japan--History--1945-1989--Comic books, strips, etc.

Japan.

Genre:

Comics (Graphic works)

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

533 pages, 64 pages of plates : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm

Edition:

First paperback edition.

Place of Publication:

[Montreal] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2015.

Summary:

"The last half of Japan's Showa era, on which this volume concentrates, was as different from the first half as day is from night. It was an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity, despite being rife with internal contradictions. Because it is recent history, it is less analyzed, messier, and harder to summarize, yet Mizuki is more than up to the challenge. At the end of this series, we see Shigeru Mizuki coming to terms, not only with his own history, but with that of the entire Showa period and its turbulent highs and lows, even with the emperor who presided over it all"--Back flap.

Notes:

Translation of: Komikku Shōwa-shi.

Presented in the traditional Japanese manner and meant to be read from right ot left, starting at the "back" of the book.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Thea Marie Garfield Fund.

Comics Collection copy purchased for the Penn Libraries from Locust Moon Comics in 2016.

ISBN:

1770462015

9781770462014

OCLC:

884539727

Publisher Number:

99964644926