Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan - Paperback

Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan - Paperback

MSRP$29.95 USD
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Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan - Paperback

Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan - Paperback

MSRP$29.95 USD

A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga's most distinguished author

Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan
lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth century. Depicted against his trademark photorealistic backdrops, Mizuki effortlessly portrays a nation forced into a period of upheaval and brings history into the realm of the personal. Indeed, as a child coming of age in the Showa era, the author's earliest memories coincide with key events of the time.

It all begins with the Great Kanto Earthquake, a natural disaster that forces the country into a financial crisis. The period leading up to World War II is thus a time of economic hardship and record unemployment. Forthright descriptions of ensuing militarization reveal Mizuki's lifelong stance as a thoughtful pacifist, critical of domestically disputed events like the Nanjing Massacre clearly painted here as an atrocity. This first volume in a four-part series is a captivating historical portrait tracking the industrial and societal developments that would come to shape Japan's foreign policy in the interwar period.

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