The Birth of Japan
Subtitle: Graphic Creation Myth
By: Rose Gruber
Contributors: McDonald, Lavern, teacher
Publisher: the author
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Japanese Mythology; Pictorial works; Teenage girls; High school students
Other titles: Graphic creation myth
Description: This zine is a collage of images and text outlining the creation myth of the country of Japan and its people. Rose assembles Japanese drawings of deities and important figures in the story to accompany the narrative. The story focuses on the two deities which give birth to Japan, Izanagi and Izanami.
Notes: Gift of the Calhoun School, donated by Nicole Acosta Nemergut in 2014.

Title from cover.