Bibliograph

Red flowers, Yoshiharu Tsuge ; co-editor, translator, and essay co-author Ryan Holmberg ; series editor and essay, Mitsuhiro Asakawa

Type

Label

Red flowers, Yoshiharu Tsuge ; co-editor, translator, and essay co-author Ryan Holmberg ; series editor and essay, Mitsuhiro Asakawa

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Red flowers

Nature of contents

comics graphic novels

Oclc number

1153473730

Responsibility statement

Yoshiharu Tsuge ; co-editor, translator, and essay co-author Ryan Holmberg ; series editor and essay, Mitsuhiro Asakawa

Series statement

The complete mature works of Yoshiharu Tsuge, volume 2

Summary

"Yoshiharu Tsuge leaves early genre trappings behind, taking a light, humorous approach in these stories based on his own travels. Red Flowers ranges from deep character studies to personal reflections to ensemble comedies set in the hotels and bathhouses of rural Japan. There are irascible old men, drunken gangsters, reflective psychiatric-hospital escapees, and mysterious dogs. Tsuge's stories are mischievous and tender even as they explore complex relationships and heartache. It's a world of extreme poverty, tradition, secret fishing holes, and top-dollar koi farming...Red Flowers affirms why Tsuge went on to become one of the most important cartoonists in Japan. These vital comics inspired a wealth of fictionalized memoir from his peers and a desire within the postwar generation to document and understand the diversity of their country's culture."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

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