Red flowers / Yoshiharu Tsuge ; series editor, translator, and essay, Mitsuhiro Asakawa ; co-editor, tranlator, and essay co-author, Ryan Holmberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsuge, Yoshiharu, 1937-2026, author, artist.

Contributor:

Asakawa, Mitsuhiro, editor.

Holmberg, Ryan, translator, editor.

Series:

Tsuge, Yoshiharu, 1937-2026. Selections (Drawn & Quarterly (Firm)). English ; Works. 2.

The complete mature works of Yoshiharu Tsuge ; volume 2

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Bathhouses--Japan--Comic books, strips, etc.

Bathhouses.

Taverns (Inns)--Japan--Comic books, strips, etc.

Taverns (Inns).

Rural conditions.

Economic conditions.

Japan--Economic conditions--1945---Comic books, strips, etc.

Japan.

Japan--Rural conditions--1945---Comic books, strips, etc.

Economic history.

Genre:

Graphic novels.

Psychological comics.

Comics (Graphic works)

Fiction.

Physical Description:

248 pages, 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Montr�eal, Qu�ebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2021.

Language Note:

Stories translated from the Japanese.

Summary:

"Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge's stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It's a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming...Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country's culture."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The wake = Tsuya (March 1967)

The salamander = Sansh�ouo (May 1967)

The Lee family = Li san ikka (June 1967)

The dog from Prayer Pass = T�oge no inu (August 1967)

Scenes from the seaside = Umibe no jokei (September 1967)

Red flowers = Akai hana (October 1967)

The incident at Nishibeta Village = Nishibeto mura jiken (December 1967)

Chohachi Inn = Ch�ohachi no yado (January 1968)

Futamata Gorge = Futamata keikoku (February 1968)

The Ondol shack = Ondoru koya (April 1968)

Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave = Honyarad�o no Ben san (June 1968)

The antlion pit = Ari jigoju (April 1967)

A new kind of literature : the awakening of Yoshiharu Tsuge / essay by Nisuhiro Asakawa and Ryan Holmberg.

Notes:

Manga.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781770464346

1770464344

OCLC:

1153473730

Publisher Number:

99989456746