“Early 20th century Japanese department store blending Western modernism and traditional culture through fashion and lifestyle goods.”
Hyakkaten Waltz
百貨店ワルツ
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Early 20th century Japanese department store blending Western modernism and traditional culture through fashion and lifestyle goods.
A Japanese provincial town. Beginning of the 20th century. The Mitsubeni Department Store is a melting pot where Western modernism and Japanese traditional culture meet for the first time in the form of beautiful and charming fashion, cosmetics, furniture, and stationery. At times an artbook, at times a slice-of-life historical manga; Matsuo Hiromi takes the reader in a full-colour tour through the different boutiques and venues of the Department Store and into a romantic world set in early 20th century Japan, at a time when international trade was booming and Western influences swept through the country.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 1 vol ch × vol
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M80595 catalog