{"product_id":"showa-1926-1939-shigeru-mizuki-9781770466258","title":"Showa 1926-1939","description":"A fascinating period in Japanese history recounted by manga’s most distinguished author\nShowa 1926–1939: A History of Japan 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.\nIt 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.","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50453312012576,"sku":"9781770466258","price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781770466258.jpg?v=1769083308","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/showa-1926-1939-shigeru-mizuki-9781770466258","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}