“Daily life of writer Natsume Sôseki during Japan's Meiji-era Westernization.”
The Times of Botchan
「坊っちゃん」の時代
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Daily life of writer Natsume Sôseki during Japan's Meiji-era Westernization.
The daily life of the famous writer Natsume Sôseki shows the beginning of the Meiji era, when Japan was opening toward the West. (Source: MangaUpdates)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 30 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 4h 00m approx
- Published Jan 1987 – Jan 1996
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M6286 catalog