In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga’s alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power—including the shogun’s seat!
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...
By:
Fumi Yoshinaga Illustrated by:
Fumi Yoshinaga Imprint: Viz Country of Publication: United States Volume: 01 Dimensions:
Height: 210mm,
Width: 146mm,
Spine: 18mm
Weight: 296g ISBN:9781421527475 ISBN 10: 1421527472 Series:Ôoku: The Inner Chambers Pages: 216 Publication Date:18 August 2009 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
