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History Lessons from the Tokugawa Matriarchy: Ôoku: The Inner Chambers
Vol. 8, p. 188. Yoshimune and Hisamichi I know most of my readers are familiar with Yoshinaga Fumi’s Ôoku, but in case you’re new here or would like to recommend the manga to a friend, I wrote a guest...
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Inside the Inner Chambers of the Dog Shogun: Ooku, Volumes 4-6
Spoilers for the Iemitsu (vol 2-4) and Tsunayoshi arcs (vol. 4-5), including the drama and the Ôoku: Eien film. I have been thinking about this post for three years. Vol. 4, p. 123. “Bored! Bored!...
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Inside the Inner Chambers of the Dog Shogun: Ôoku, Volumes 4-6, Part 2
Introduction here. Spoilers for the Iemitsu (vol 2-4) and Tsunayoshi arcs (vol. 4-6), including the drama and the Ôoku: Eien film. Warnings: the plot of this story arc contains sexual assault and...
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The Inner Chambers of the Dog Shogun: Ôoku, Volumes 4-6, Part 3
New to Ôoku? Start here. Introduction to this arc here. Major spoilers for the Iemitsu (vol 2-4) and Tsunayoshi arcs (vol. 4-6), including the drama and the Ôoku: Eien film. Warnings: the plot of this...
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Revealing and Concealing Identities: Cross-Dressing in Anime and Manga, Part 1
Today I’m pleased to bring you an essay version of the panel I gave with Dr. Kathryn Hemmann of Contemporary Japanese Literature on cross-dressing in anime and manga at Sakura-Con in Seattle on April...
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Coming Soon: The First New Volume of BeruBara in 40 Years
Speaking of cross-dressing, Ikeda-sensei is publishing new BeruBara stories and no one told me?! Excuse me while I go swim to Japan. I should get there by August, right? Contains some major spoilers...
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Revealing and Concealing Identities: Cross-Dressing in Anime and Manga, Part 2
Part Two: The Theatre How can she be a girl if I love her so much?: A novel by Rosalie Lamorlière. (Joyce Farmer discovers Ingrid Bergman’s Joan of Arc in No Straight Lines, p. 25.) In this section, my...
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Revealing and Concealing Identities: Cross-Dressing in Anime and Manga, Part 3
In Part 3 of this series, Kathryn and I will be examining cross-dressing in comedies and comedic tropes about cross-dressing. Can cross-dressing be treated as more than the butt of a joke? Yes! Part 1...
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Revealing and Concealing Identities: Cross-Dressing in Anime and Manga, Part 4
Part 4: Gender Trouble and Phantom Femininities In the final part of our essay, we’re going to move on to some of the more serious issues surrounding cross-dressing, specifically those involving social...
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The Sparkling World of Shojo Manga, Part 3: Riyoko Ikeda and The Rose of...
Part 1 Part 2 Although she was born in 1947, Riyoko Ikeda is included in the Year 24 group along with Moto Hagio and Keiko Takemiya, whom we will discuss later. Best known as a manga artist, Ikeda also...
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