Manga From the Floating World - Comicbook Culture and Kibyoshi of Edo Japan

Presents a study in English of the kibyoshi, a genre of pictorial fiction read in late-18th Century Japan. This work serves as an introduction not only to the kibyoshi but also to the genre's readers and critics, narratological conventions, modes of visuality, format, and relationship to the modern Japanese comic book (manga).

Product details

• Authors: Adam L. Kern
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.02.2007
• EAN: 9780674022669
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02266-9
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art