In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men.Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for M audiences. Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the Shogun Tsunayoshi’s advisors. He hopes to protect the shogunate the same way his mentor Arikoto once did. But the numerous intrigue of the Inner Chambers—and the shogun herself—are pushing Gyokuei’s patience and cunning to the breaking point.
The fifth volume of Ōoku: The Inner Chambers really starts getting at the heart of ‘why monarchy is maybe not such a good idea even if you have some good monarchs’. Fumi Yoshinaga continues her excellent re-imagining of Japanese history, though I did find that the first chapter or two got a bit too bogged down in byzantine court politics.
oku: The Inner Chambers (大奥, Ōoku) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga
oku: The Inner Chambers (大奥, Ōoku) is an ongoing Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Fumi Yoshinaga. The plot follows an alternate history of early modern Japan in which an unknown disease kills most of the male population, leading to a matriarchal society in which the Ōoku becomes a harem of men serving the now female shōgun. The manga has been serialized in Hakusensha's josei magazine Melody since 2005
fumi yoshinaga's writing is subtle and takes a while to pick up, but in the mean time, the scenes she creates are both . Viz Media's second volume of Fumi Yoshinaga's alternate-Edo saga "Ooku: the Inner Chambers" is (how is this possible?) even better than the first!
fumi yoshinaga's writing is subtle and takes a while to pick up, but in the mean time, the scenes she creates are both charming and heartbreaking. The way that the shogun is written makes you both loathe and pity him and the historical notes in the back are interest and educational. Viz Media's second volume of Fumi Yoshinaga's alternate-Edo saga "Ooku: the Inner Chambers" is (how is this possible?) even better than the first! Ruler of a gynocratic Japan in the deadly wake of the male-killing Red Pox, the shogun Yoshimune summons ancient scribe Murase, to read his secret chronicles of a ravaged society's gender-bending struggle to survive.
Book 1 of 11 in the Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, 大奥 Series. Usually this convention is just part of the experience for these books, but I found the convention jarring and disruptive of the aesthetic experience. This was the more unfortunate the characters were never that interesting. Yunoshin is quickly established as our hero.
Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the shogun Tsunay. Books related to Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 5. Skip this list. Bouvard and Pécuchet.
oku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 11. (Book in the Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, 大奥 Series). 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.
Fumi Yoshinaga is a Tokyo-born manga creator who debuted in 1994 with Tsuki to Sandaru (The Moon and the Sandals)
Fumi Yoshinaga is a Tokyo-born manga creator who debuted in 1994 with Tsuki to Sandaru (The Moon and the Sandals). Yoshinaga has won numerous awards, including the 2009 Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize for Ooku, the 2002 Kodansha Manga Award for her series Antique Bakery, the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award for Ooku. She was also nominated for the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist. Country of Publication.
Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the shogun Tsunayoshi's . But the numerous intrigues of the Inner Chambers-and the shogun herself-are pushing Gyo.
Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the shogun Tsunayoshi's advisors. Tell us if something is incorrect.
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Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the Shogun Tsunayoshi’s advisors. He hopes to protect the shogunate the same way his mentor Arikoto once did. But the numerous intrigue of the Inner Chambers-and the shogun herself-are pushing Gyokuei’s patience and cunning to the breaking point. About The Illustrator. Publisher: VIZ Media LLC (December 21, 2010). ISBN13: 9781421536699.