Ōoku, vol 9
Subtitle: the inner chambers
By: by Fumi Yoshinaga ; translation & adaptation, Akemi Wegmüller ; touch-up art & lettering, Monalisa De Asis
Contributors: Wegmüller, Akemi, author, translator; Asis, Monalisa J. de, artist
Edition: VIZ signature edition.
Series: Viz Signature
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781421558776
Subjects: Harems; Graphic novels; Epidemics; Shoguns; Translations into English; Comic books, strips; Sex role; History
Other titles: Ōoku :
Work titles: Ōoku
Description: A stunning alternative history from Eisner-nominated creator Fumi Yoshinaga. In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...
Notes: Reads manga-style, right to left and back to front.

"Parental advisory: explicit content"--Cover.

Rated M: For mature.

Translated from the Japanese.