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

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

Marks, Andreas, author.
Book 2025

"Storytelling has always played an important role in Japanese visual arts. Over a thousand years ago, painted handscrolls began to appear in Japan that enhanced text with pictures. This tradition of interplay between word and image continued in the form of illustrated books and remains active today in modern manga comics"--Back cover.

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Explore Topics & Themes:
Art, Japanese
Comic books, strips, etc. Japan History and criticism
Drawing, Japanese
Japan History
Manga (Comic books) Japan History and criticism
Scrolls, Japanese
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ISBN:
9784805319017
Description:
223 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-221) and indexes
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
Control Number:
3405517
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