A gripping graphic novel describing the uprising of 1887, when the old style samurai were crushed in a bloody conflict with the imperial army that ended samurai power in Japan.
SEAN MICHAEL WILSON is a Harvey- and Eisner-award-nominated comic
book writer who has authored more than a dozen graphic novels and
manga comics, including Black Ships, Secrets of the Ninja (Bronze
award winner, 10th Annual Japan International Manga Awards), and
adaptations of The Book of Five Rings and The 47 Ronin. He is also
the editor of the critically acclaimed anthology AX- A Collection
of Alternative Manga (one of Publishers Weekly's "Best Ten Books of
2010"). Originally from Scotland, he now lives in Japan.
AKIKO SHIMOJIMA is a comic and manga artist from Tokyo, Japan. A
teacher of digital comics art at a school in Tokyo, she is the
illustrator of The 47 Ronin and Black Ships and has contributed
work to many other publications.
“Sean Michael Wilson has authored a unique line of manga-style
books on Japanese themes. This latest edition, The Satsuma
Rebellion, with artist Akiko Shimojima, portrays the real last
stand of the samurai and the central figure—Saigo Takamori, the
subject of NHK television’s year-long historical drama in 2018—with
style and accuracy.”
—Davide Calzetti, Japanese historical researcher
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