Ōoku the Inner Chambers. Vol. 09 / story and art by Fumi Yoshinaga ; translation & adaptation/Akemi Wegmüller ; touch-up art & lettering, Monalisa De Asis.
Edition:
VIZ signature edition.
Publisher:
VIZ MediaLLC,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
228 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Reads manga-style, right to left and back to front.
Summary:
A stunning alternative history from Eisner-nominated creator Fumi Yoshinaga. 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...
Series:
Ōoku the Inner Chambers ; 09 Yoshinaga, Fumi, 1971- Ōoku the Inner Chambers ; 09.
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