Black Ships

Illustrated Japanese History--The Americans Arrive

Sean Michael Wilson, Akiko Shimojima

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North Atlantic Books,U.S.
07 March 2017

Graphic novels

"Award-winning comic book writer Sean Michael Wilson and manga artist Akiko Shimojima team up in a graphic novel that tells the compelling story of the four American ""Black Ships"" that arrived in Japan in 1853 under the command of Commodore Perry to force Japan to open up to trade. The dramatic narration and striking images capture the fearsome scenes of military power, the dark might of the Black Ships, and the anxious response of the Japanese Shogunate, which struggled to reach an agreement under the threat of violence and unwelcome change. Historically accurate and with an easy-to-read format, The Black Ships brings to life the characters and events that sparked this pivotal moment in Japanese history, one that transformed the culture and opened up the country to the modern period.

On the 14th of July, 1853, the USS Plymouth, Mississippi, Saratoga, and Susquehanna sailed into Yokosuka, Japan.

The mysterious ""Black Ships"" had arrived.

In this stirring account of a pivotal moment in modern Japanese history, award-winning author and illustrator team Sean Michael Wilson andAkiko Shimojima tell the story ofthe four American ""Black Ships"" that arrived in Japan in 1853 under the command of Commodore Perry to force Japan to open up to trade. The book compellingly portrays the apprehension and confusion of the Japanese people witnessing the Black Ships steaming into view over the horizon; the anxious response of the samurai; the cat-and-mouse game that ensued; the protracted negotiations; and the eventual agreement signed on March 31st, 1854, as the Treaty of Kanagawa. Historically accurate and with an easy-to-read visual format,Black Shipsconveys the personalities of the key figures in the drama- on one side, Commodore Perry and his captains, and on the other,Shogunate officials Abe Masahiro and Hayashi Akira. Wilson and Shimojima vividly capture the atmosphere of threat and change that pervadedJapan during Bakumatsu, the final years of the Edo period, as the feudal Tokugawa shogunate took its last breaths and gave way to the new Meiji government."

By: Sean Michael Wilson
Illustrated by: Akiko Shimojima
Imprint: North Atlantic Books,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 209g
ISBN: 9781623170912
ISBN 10: 1623170915
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 07 March 2017
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

"SEAN MICHAEL WILSON isa Harvey- and Eisner-award-nominated comic book writer who has authored morethan a dozen graphic novels and manga comics, including adaptations ofThe Book of Five RingsandThe 47 Ronin.He is also the editor of the critically acclaimed anthologyAX- A Collection of Alternative Manga(one ofPublishers Weekly's ""Best Ten Books of 2010""). Originally from Scotland, he now lives in Japan. AKIKO SHIMOJIMA is a comic and manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. A teacher of digital comics art at a school in Tokyo, she is the illustrator ofThe 47 Roninand has contributed work to many other publications."