About this episode

This episode explores the historical gap in manga's evolution from the Edo period to the post-WWII industry.

Histories of manga tend to skip from the colorful woodblocks of the Edo period directly to the post-WWII industry we'd recognize today. But what do we lose when we do that? And what do we gain when we do investigate the century or so that lies between those two moments? Show notes here .

People in this episode

Host: Isaac Meyer

Topics covered

• manga history
• Edo period
• post-WWII industry
• cultural evolution
• art history

Keywords

• manga
• Edo period
• post-WWII
• history
• cultural evolution

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: manga

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