History of manga
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Modern manga, in the sense of narrative multi-panel cartoons made in Japan, originated from Western-style cartoons featured in late 19th century Japanese publications. The form of manga as speech-ball
Chōjū-giga (12th century), traditionally attributed to a monk-artist Kakuyū (Toba Sōjo)
Image of bathers from the Hokusai manga
Japanese wood block illustration from 19th century
Hokusai Manga (early 19th century)
Sazae-san
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Sazae-san is a Japanese yonkoma manga series written and illustrated by Machiko Hasegawa. It was first published in Hasegawa's local paper, the Fukunichi Shinbun, on April 22, 1946. When the Asahi Shi
History of manga
…influenced much of the future history of manga: Osamu Tezuka's Mighty Atom (Astro Boy in the United States; begun in April 1951) and Machiko Hasegawa's Sazae-san (begun in April 1946). Astro Boy was both a superpowered robot and a naive little boy. Tezuka never explained why Astro Boy had such a highly developed…
Cover of the eleventh volume of the bilingual version of the manga by Kodansha, depicting the lead character Sazae riding a horse with her little sister Wakame.
A typical Sazae-san strip