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Ôoku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1 - Paperback
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In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power--including the shogun's seat

In Edo period...

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In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power--including the shogun's seat

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. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...

Author: Fumi Yoshinaga
Publisher: Viz Media
Published: 08/18/2009
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.52w x 0.64d
ISBN: 9781421527475

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/31/2009 pg. 42
Library Journal 11/15/2009 pg. 55
ALA Graphic Novels for Teens 03/01/2010 pg. 22