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Summary:

"In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red 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"--Page [4] of cover.

Author/Creator:

Yoshinaga, Fumi, 1971- , author, artist

Contributors:

Diaz, Pancha , editor

Wegmüller, Akemi , translator

Asis, Monalisa J. de , letterer

Liddell, Frances O. , designer

Languages:

English
Japanese

Language Notes:

In English; translated from the Japanese.

Main Work:

Ōoku [by Yoshinaga, F.] (English)

Related Series:

Viz signature

Subjects:

Japan — History — Tokugawa period, 1600-1868 — Comic books, strips, etc.

Sex role — Japan — Comic books, strips, etc.

Epidemics — Japan — Comic books, strips, etc.

Sex role

Japan

1600-1868

Comic books, strips, etc.

Epidemics

Genres:

Manga

Alternative histories (Comics)

Fantasy comics

Graphic novels

History

General Notes:

"Parental advisory, explicit content"--Cover.
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
"First published in Japan in 2005 by Hakusensha, Inc., Tokyo"--Colophon.
Description based on: Volume 1.

Audience:

Rated M, for mature.
"Recommended for ages 18 and up. Contains violence and sexual situations"--Colophon.

Physical Description:

19 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.

Physical Characteristics:

illustration

Call Numbers:

PN6790.J34 O5813 2009

ISBNs:

9781421527475 (v. 1, pbk.)
1421527472 (v. 1, pbk.)
9781421527482 (v. 2, pbk.)
1421527480 (v. 2, pbk.)
9781421527499 (v. 3, pbk.)
1421527499 (v. 3, pbk.)
9781421531694 (v. 4, pbk.)
1421531690 (v. 4, pbk.)
9781421536699 (v. 5, pbk.)
1421536692 (v. 5, pbk.)
9781421539614 (v. 6, pbk.)
1421539616 (v. 6, pbk.)
9781421542201 (v. 7, pbk.)
142154220X (v. 7, pbk.)
9781421554822 (v. 8, pbk.)
1421554828 (v. 8, pbk.)
9781421558776 (v. 9, pbk.)
1421558777 (v. 9, pbk.)
9781421572420 (v. 10, pbk.)
1421572427 (v. 10, pbk.)
9781421579795 (v. 11, pbk.)
1421579790 (v. 11, pbk.)
9781421586434 (v. 12, pbk.)
1421586436 (v. 12, pbk.)
9781421592152 (v. 13, pbk.)
1421592150 (v. 13, pbk.)
9781421597751 (v. 14, pbk.)
1421597756 (v. 14, pbk.)
9781974703166 (v. 15, pbk.)
1974703169 (v. 15, pbk.)
9781974708406 (v. 16, pbk.)
1974708403 (v. 16, pbk.)
9781974714889 (v. 17, pbk.)
1974714888 (v. 17, pbk.)
9781974722235 (v. 18, pbk.)
1974722236 (v. 18, pbk.)
9781974726547 (v. 19, pbk.)
1974726541 (v. 19, pbk.)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2019295977

OCLC Numbers:

444504468