Ōoku : the inner chambers /

"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....

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Main Author: Yoshinaga, Fumi, 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Japanese.
Published: San Francisco : Viz Media, 2009-
Edition:Viz signature ed.
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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"--p. [4] of cover.
Item Description:"Parental advisory, explicit content"--Cover.
Reads manga-style, right to left and back to front.
Physical Description:volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9781421527475 (v. 1)
1421527472 (v. 1)
9781421527482 (v. 2)
1421527480 (v. 2)