| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Series |
Harvard East Asian monographs ; 279
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Harvard East Asian monographs ; 279.
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| Contents |
Part I. The kibyōshi (a study): Introduction: A little yellow comicbook -- The floating world in an'ei-tenmei Edo -- The blossom of pulp fiction -- Manga culture and the visual-verbal imagination -- The rise and pratfall of the kibyōshi -- Part II. Translations: A note on reading backwards -- A note on translating the kibyōshi -- Those familiar bestsellers -- Playboy, roasted a la Edo -- The unseamly silverpiped swingers. |
| Summary |
"The first full-length study in English of the kibyōshi, a genre of woodblock-printed comicbook widely read in late eighteenth-century Japan that became an influential form of political satire. The volume is copiously illustrated with rare prints from Japanese archival collections"--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kusazōshi.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan.
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Japanese fiction -- Edo period, 1600-1868 -- History and criticism.
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COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS -- Manga -- Historical Fiction. |
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Comic books, strips, etc. |
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Japanese fiction -- Edo period |
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Kusazōshi |
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Japan https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkT7GyCmyjxytDfqk6Yfq |
| Chronological Term |
1600-1868 |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9780674241787 0674241789 (DLC) 2019010760 (OCoLC)1090279690 |
| ISBN |
9781684176083 (electronic bk.) |
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1684176085 (electronic bk.) |
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9780674241787 |
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0674241789 |
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9780674241763 |
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0674241762 |
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