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Red flowers / Yoshiharu Tsuge ; series editor, translator, and essay, Mitsuhiro Asakawa ; co-editor, tranlator, and essay co-author, Ryan Holmberg.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Japanese Series: The complete mature works of Yoshiharu Tsuge ; volume 2Publisher: [Montréal, Québec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 248 pages, 36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781770464346
  • 1770464344
Uniform titles:
  • Works. Selections. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
The wake = Tsuya (March 1967) -- The salamander = Sanshōuo (May 1967) -- The Lee family = Li san ikka (June 1967) -- The dog from Prayer Pass = Tōge no inu (August 1967) -- Scenes from the seaside = Umibe no jokei (September 1967) -- Red flowers = Akai hana (October 1967) -- The incident at Nishibeta Village = Nishibeto mura jiken (December 1967) -- Chohachi Inn = Chōhachi no yado (January 1968) -- Futamata Gorge = Futamata keikoku (February 1968) -- The Ondol shack = Ondoru koya (April 1968) -- Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave = Honyaradō no Ben san (June 1968) -- The antlion pit = Ari jigoju (April 1967) -- A new kind of literature : the awakening of Yoshiharu Tsuge / essay by Nisuhiro Asakawa and Ryan Holmberg.
Summary: "Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge's stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It's a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming...Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country's culture."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library Graphic Novel TSUGE, YOSHIHAR Available 33111010628044
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The influential cartoonist hits his stride as he celebrates the charms and oddities of rural postwar culture

Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge's stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It's a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming.

The title story highlights the nuance and empathy that made Tsuge's work stand out from that of his peers. A nameless traveler comes across a young girl running an inn. While showing the traveler where the best fishing hole is, a bratty schoolmate reveals the girl must run the business because her alcoholic father is incapable. At the story's end, the traveler witnesses an unusual act of kindness from the boy as the girl suffers her first menstrual cramps -- and a simple travelogue takes on unexpected depth.

Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country's culture.

Manga.

Stories translated from the Japanese.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge's stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It's a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming...Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country's culture."-- Provided by publisher.

The wake = Tsuya (March 1967) -- The salamander = Sanshōuo (May 1967) -- The Lee family = Li san ikka (June 1967) -- The dog from Prayer Pass = Tōge no inu (August 1967) -- Scenes from the seaside = Umibe no jokei (September 1967) -- Red flowers = Akai hana (October 1967) -- The incident at Nishibeta Village = Nishibeto mura jiken (December 1967) -- Chohachi Inn = Chōhachi no yado (January 1968) -- Futamata Gorge = Futamata keikoku (February 1968) -- The Ondol shack = Ondoru koya (April 1968) -- Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave = Honyaradō no Ben san (June 1968) -- The antlion pit = Ari jigoju (April 1967) -- A new kind of literature : the awakening of Yoshiharu Tsuge / essay by Nisuhiro Asakawa and Ryan Holmberg.

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