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Japan's manga revolution : from painted scrolls to comic books, 1680-1920 /

This book explores the path to today's manga, starting with handscrolls dating from the thirteenth century. It outlines how and when the term 'manga' first came into use and how it originally described sketchbooks. A selection of almost fifty illustrated books issued between ca. 1680...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marks, Andreas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tokyo ; Rutland, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, [2025].
Subjects:
Manga (Comic books) > Japan > History and criticism.
Comic books, strips, etc. > Japan > History and criticism.
Scrolls, Japanese.
Art, Japanese.
Drawing, Japanese.
Japan > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Early storytelling through painted handscrolls
  • Early uses of the term "manga"
  • Illustrated poetry books
  • Actors, women, and leisure activities
  • Humorous stories and fables
  • Supernatural adventure novels
  • Hokusai's fantastical serial novels
  • The influx of Western ideas.