Ooku

The Inner Chambers Vol 4 (GN)

Fumi Yoshinaga, Fumi Yoshinaga

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Viz
17 August 2010

Graphic novels: Manga; Fiction-related items; Dystopia; Society; Paranormal Romance; Manga; Shogakukan Manga Award

Series: Ôoku: The Inner Chambers

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...

Despite Iemitsu and Arikoto's best efforts, there is no male heir to take over the shogunate. As the Redface Pox continues to ravage the country, it becomes increasingly clear within Edo Castle that Japan's continued existence relies on overturning the centuries of custom that define it!

By: Fumi Yoshinaga
Illustrated by: Fumi Yoshinaga
Imprint: Viz
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 4
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 146mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 306g
ISBN: 9781421531694
ISBN 10: 1421531690
Series: Ôoku: The Inner Chambers
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 17 August 2010
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Fumi Yoshinaga is a Tokyo-born manga creator who debuted in 1994 with Tsuki to Sandaru (The Moon and the Sandals). Yoshinaga has won numerous awards, including the 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Ooku, the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for her series Antique Bakery, the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award for Ooku. She was also nominated for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist.