{"product_id":"showa-1926-1939-a-history-of-japan-shigeru-mizuki-paperback","title":"Showa 1926-1939: A History of Japan -- Shigeru Mizuki, Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga's most distinguished author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShowa 1926-1939: A History of Japan\u003c\/i\u003e lays the groundwork for Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki's historical and autobiographical series about Japanese life in the twentieth century. Depicted against his trademark photorealistic backdrops, Mizuki effortlessly portrays a nation forced into a period of upheaval and brings history into the realm of the personal. Indeed, as a child coming of age in the Showa era, the author's earliest memories coincide with key events of the time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt all begins with the Great Kanto Earthquake, a natural disaster that forces the country into a financial crisis. The period leading up to World War II is thus a time of economic hardship and record unemployment. Forthright descriptions of ensuing militarization reveal Mizuki's lifelong stance as a thoughtful pacifist, critical of domestically disputed events like the Nanjing Massacre clearly painted here as an atrocity. This first volume in a four-part series is a captivating historical portrait tracking the industrial and societal developments that would come to shape Japan's foreign policy in the interwar period.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shigeru Mizuki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Drawn \u0026amp; Quarterly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/11\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.57h x 6.54w x 1.29d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770466258","brand":"Shigeru Mizuki","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67528922431716,"sku":"9781770466258","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781770466258.jpg?v=1791704962","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/showa-1926-1939-a-history-of-japan-shigeru-mizuki-paperback","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}