Japan's manga revolution : from painted scrolls to comic books, 1680-1920 / Andreas Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Andreas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manga (Comic books)--Japan--History and criticism.

Manga (Comic books).

Comic books, strips, etc--Japan--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Scrolls, Japanese.

Art, Japanese.

Drawing, Japanese.

Japan--History.

Japan.

Genre:

Comics criticism.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Other Title:

From painted scrolls to comic books, 1680-1920

Place of Publication:

Tokyo : Tuttle Publishing, [2025]

Summary:

"This book explores the path to today's manga, starting with handscrolls dating from the thirteenth century. It outlines how and when the term 'manga' first came into use and how it originally described sketchbooks. A selection of almost fifty illustrated books issued between ca. 1680 to 1880 demonstrate the wide range of subjects and genres--poetry, women, kabuki actors, humor, and supernatural adventures--that this new mode of storytelling brought to life. Included are fantastical tales with hair-raising illustrations by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849), Japan's best-known artist. The book concludes with the influx of Western ideas into Japan at the turn of the twentieth century and the birth of satirical and political magazines that carry illustrations by Japan's first modern cartoonists"--Inside jacket flap.

Contents:

Early storytelling through painted handscrolls

Early uses of the term "manga"

Illustrated poetry books

Actors, women, and leisure activities

Humorous stories and fables

Supernatural adventure novels

Hokusai's fantastical serial novels

The influx of Western ideas.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221) and index of authors, artists, and publishers.

ISBN:

9784805319017

4805319011

OCLC:

1534144150