Showa. 1939-1944 : a history of Japan

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Title:

Author:

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015, artist, author.

Added Author:

Davisson, Zack, translator.

Schodt, Frederik L., 1950- writer of introduction.

Edition:

Second paperback edition.

Publication Date:

2022

Publication Information:

[Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2022.

Physical Description:

548 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

ISBN:

9781770466265

Abstract:

Continues Mizuki's autobiographical and historical account of Showa-era Japan. This volume covers the final moments of the lead-up to World War II and the first few years of the Pacific War, and is a chilling reminder of the harshness of life in Japan during this highly militarized epoch.

General Note:

This book is presented in the traditional Japanese manner and is meant to be read from right to left.

Personal Subject:

Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015-Childhood and youth-Comic books, strips, etc.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Islands of the Pacific. -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Geographic Term:

Japan -- History -- 1926-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1912-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Genre:

Manga.

Autobiographical comics.