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Showa. a history of Japan

Title
Showa. 1939-1944 : a history of Japan / Shigeru Mizuki ; translation by Zack Davisson ; [with an introduction by Frederick L. Schodt].
Author
Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015
Publication
  • [Montreal] : Drawn & Quarterly, [2022].
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Davisson, Zack
  • Schodt, Frederik L., 1950-
Description
548 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
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.
Series Statement
Showa: A History of Japan ; 2
Uniform Title
  • コミック昭和史. English
  • Komikku Shōwa-shi. English
Alternative Title
  • コミック昭和史.
  • Komikku Shōwa-shi.
  • Showa : a history of Japan 1939-1944
Subject
  • Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015 > Childhood and youth > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-2015
  • 1912-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Islands of the Pacific
  • Childhood and youth of a person
  • Manners and customs
  • Military campaigns
  • Japan > History > 1926-1945 > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Japan > Social life and customs > 1912-1945 > Comic books, strips, etc
  • Japan
  • Pacific Ocean > Islands of the Pacific
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographical comics.
  • Autobiographies.
  • Biographies.
  • Comics (Graphic works)
  • Historical comics.
  • History.
Note
  • This book is presented in the traditional Japanese manner and is meant to be read from right to left.
Language (note)
  • In English. Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN
  • 9781770466265
  • 1770466266
OCLC
  • on1353823149
  • SCSB-14555917
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library