Okinawa /
Higa, Susumu, 1953-
Okinawa / Susumu Higa ; translator, Jocelyne Allen ; lettering, Patrick Crotty, Kayla E. - xxiii, 529 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), color map ; 18 cm.
"Okinawa was first published in English in digital serialization at MangasplainingExtra.com"--Colophon. Reads from right to left (except pages i-xxiii).
Sword of sand -- Mabui -- From Yamato to the United States : Okinawa in flux / Susumu Higa interview / Shinako Oyakawa -- translated by Jocelyne Allen ; conducted by Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher for MangasplainingExtra (MSX). Book one: Book two:
"A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu Higa, which reflect on this difficult history and pull together traditional Okinawan spirituality, the modern-day realities of the continuing US military occupation, and the senselessness of the War. The first collection, Sword of Sand, is a ground level, unflinching look at the horrors of the Battle of Okinawa. Higa then turns an observant eye to the present-day in Mabui (Okinawan for "spirit"), where he explores how the American occupation has irreversibly changed the island prefecture, through the lens of the archipelago's indigenous spirituality and the central character of the yuta priestess."--Amazon.
Translated from the Japanese.
1683961188 9781683961185
2022950922
GBB847331 bnb
018785655 Uk
Higa, Susumu, 1953- --Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Okinawa Island--Comic books, strips, etc.
Military occupation--Comic books, strips, etc.
Islands--Comic books, strips, etc.
Okinawa-ken (Japan)--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
War comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Historical comics.
Graphic novels.
Manga.
Interviews.
Okinawa / Susumu Higa ; translator, Jocelyne Allen ; lettering, Patrick Crotty, Kayla E. - xxiii, 529 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color), color map ; 18 cm.
"Okinawa was first published in English in digital serialization at MangasplainingExtra.com"--Colophon. Reads from right to left (except pages i-xxiii).
Sword of sand -- Mabui -- From Yamato to the United States : Okinawa in flux / Susumu Higa interview / Shinako Oyakawa -- translated by Jocelyne Allen ; conducted by Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and Andrew Woodrow-Butcher for MangasplainingExtra (MSX). Book one: Book two:
"A peaceful, independent kingdom until its annexation by the Japanese Empire in the 19th century, Okinawa was the site of the most destructive land battle of the Pacific War. Today, the archipelago is Japan's poorest prefecture and unwilling host to 75% of all US military bases in Japan. Okinawa brings together two collections of intertwined stories by the island's pre-eminent mangaka, Susumu Higa, which reflect on this difficult history and pull together traditional Okinawan spirituality, the modern-day realities of the continuing US military occupation, and the senselessness of the War. The first collection, Sword of Sand, is a ground level, unflinching look at the horrors of the Battle of Okinawa. Higa then turns an observant eye to the present-day in Mabui (Okinawan for "spirit"), where he explores how the American occupation has irreversibly changed the island prefecture, through the lens of the archipelago's indigenous spirituality and the central character of the yuta priestess."--Amazon.
Translated from the Japanese.
1683961188 9781683961185
2022950922
GBB847331 bnb
018785655 Uk
Higa, Susumu, 1953- --Interviews.
World War, 1939-1945--Japan--Okinawa Island--Comic books, strips, etc.
Military occupation--Comic books, strips, etc.
Islands--Comic books, strips, etc.
Okinawa-ken (Japan)--History--20th century--Comic books, strips, etc.
War comics.
Comics (Graphic works)
Historical comics.
Graphic novels.
Manga.
Interviews.