Showa: A History of Japan

コミック昭和史

Comic Showa-shi

120 chapters

8 volumes

1988 – 1989

Set during Emperor Hirohito's era, "Showa: A History of Japan" employs spectral narrators to explore a time defined by hardship and scarcity in Japan. The manga opens with the catastrophic 1923 Tokyo Earthquake and then moves through later crises including economic instability, the Great Depression, and the March 15th Incident, leading to the 1931 Manchurian Incident.

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Status: Finished
Format: Manga
Chapters: 120
Volumes: 8

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Authors

Mizuki, Shigeru

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Background

Comic Showa-shi received the Kodansha Manga Award in the General category in 1989. The series was published in English as Showa: A History of Japan by Drawn & Quarterly in 4 volumes from November 12, 2013 to October 13, 2015. The 2nd & 3rd English volumes for Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia.