“Historical manga using ghosts to chronicle Emperor Hirohito's reign from 1923 earthquake to 1931 Manchurian Incident.”
Showa: A History of Japan
コミック昭和史
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Historical manga using ghosts to chronicle Emperor Hirohito's reign from 1923 earthquake to 1931 Manchurian Incident.
A historical story using Ghosts to explain the life times of the reign of Emperor Hirohito. Comic Showa-shi describes an era of upheaval and impoverishment in Japanese history, beginning with the Tokyo Earthquake in 1923, and covering the financial panic, the Great Depression, the March 15th Incident, and other events up until the Manchurian Incident in 1931. (Source: Volume 1 cover)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 120 × 8 ch × vol
- Total read 16h 00m approx
- Published Nov 1988 – Dec 1989
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M13265 catalog