Ooku The Inner Chambers Vol. 15

Ooku The Inner Chambers Vol. 15Series: Ooku The Inner Chambers Author: Yoshinaga Fumi Item Type: Paperback Imprint: Viz Media Release Date: 05 21 2019 ISBN: 9781974703166 In Eisner nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power including the shogun's seat! 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

Series: Ooku The Inner Chambers

Author: Yoshinaga Fumi

Item Type: Paperback

Imprint: Viz Media

Release Date: 05/21/2019

ISBN: 9781974703166

In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga's alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power--including the shogun's seat!

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...

Taneatsu's shogun Iesada has died, but unlike previous bereaved consorts, he has been denied the refuge of taking Buddhist vows. Stuck in the Inner Chambers, he has instead thrown himself into supporting the new shogun, Iemochi. But salacious rumors about the nature of their relationship and the arrival of Iemochi's new consort threaten to make a mockery of his noble intentions!