Manga from the floating world: comicbook, culture and the kibyōshi of Edo Japan

Abstract

"The first full-length study in English of the kibyōshi, a genre of woodblock-printed comicbook widely read in late eighteenth-century Japan that became an influential form of political satire. The volume is copiously illustrated with rare prints from Japanese archival collections"--Provided by publisher.

Contents

Part I. The kibyōshi (a study): Introduction: A little yellow comicbook -- The floating world in an'ei-tenmei Edo -- The blossom of pulp fiction -- Manga culture and the visual-verbal imagination -- The rise and pratfall of the kibyōshi -- Part II. Translations: A note on reading backwards -- A note on translating the kibyōshi -- Those familiar bestsellers -- Playboy, roasted a la Edo -- The unseamly silverpiped swingers.