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One thousand years of manga / Brigitte Koyama-Richard ; [translated from the French by David Radzinowicz].

By: Koyama-Richard, Brigitte.
Publisher: Paris : [New York] : Flammarion ; distributed in North America by Rizzoli International Publications, c2007Edition: English-language ed.Description: 247 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 9782080300294 (hbk.); 2080300296 (hbk.).Other title: 1000 years of manga.Uniform titles: Mille ans de manga. English Subject(s): Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- History and criticism | Graphic novels -- Japan -- History and criticism | Art, Japanese -- History and criticism | Japan -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticismDDC classification: 741.5
Contents:
The origins of manga -- The magic of the scroll: from the earliest caricatures to the onset of the comic strip -- The birth of the Japanese print: the golden age of caricature -- The dawn of a new type of caricature: Japan opens up to the West -- The rise of the comic strip to the second world war -- Tezuka Osamu: the "god" of modern manga -- Manga today -- Selected portraits of manga artists -- From the manga to anime: the work of Studio Ghibli -- Reciprocal influences -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Our ancestors the mangaka -- Chronology -- Recent statistics from Japan -- Selected bibliography.
Summary: Traces the history of Japanese art from the seventh century through the present, offering insight into its long-time role in Japanese culture and the social factors that are shaping its development in the modern world.
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Floor 4, Shelf 31 , Side 2, TierNo 4, BayNo 8

 741.5 KOY (Browse shelf) 1 Available SABDx,23003,03,GR 5000048119

"Simultaneously published in French as Mille ans de manga"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-247)

The origins of manga -- The magic of the scroll: from the earliest caricatures to the onset of the comic strip -- The birth of the Japanese print: the golden age of caricature -- The dawn of a new type of caricature: Japan opens up to the West -- The rise of the comic strip to the second world war -- Tezuka Osamu: the "god" of modern manga -- Manga today -- Selected portraits of manga artists -- From the manga to anime: the work of Studio Ghibli -- Reciprocal influences -- Glossary -- Timeline -- Our ancestors the mangaka -- Chronology -- Recent statistics from Japan -- Selected bibliography.

Traces the history of Japanese art from the seventh century through the present, offering insight into its long-time role in Japanese culture and the social factors that are shaping its development in the modern world.