Mamiya's Maps: A Samurai Explores Sakhalin

Mamiya's Maps: A Samurai Explores Sakhalin - Paperback

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Mamiya's Maps: A Samurai Explores Sakhalin - Paperback

Mamiya's Maps: A Samurai Explores Sakhalin - Paperback

by Sean Michael Wilson
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by Sean Michael Wilson (Author), Akiko Shimojima (Illustrator)

Award winning team of Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima have ventured into new territory in this, their ninth book together, on the explorer Mamiya Rinzo (間宮 林蔵) who mapped Sakhalin Island in the early years of the 19th century.

"Mamiya's Maps" is about exploration, culture clash, the making of maps and how they are related to politics. It's also anthropological in its look at the Ainu and Nivkh people of Sakhalin island. The animals and the landscape of the island and its surrounding waters are beautifully illustrated, making this a visually appealing manga that explores a little known aspect of Japanese history and culture. The issues the book covers are still relevant now, since the ownership of the island has been in dispute since the end of World War 2, but also the treatment of the Ainu and other indigenous peoples of the area has been called into question.

Number of Pages: 114
Dimensions: 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: December 14, 2022
ISBN9789916413081
Author Sean Michael Wilson
PublisherEostre Publications
GenreBiography, History, Comics & graphic novels, and Other
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2022
LanguageENG- English
Pages114
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Sean Michael Wilson

Sean Michael Wilson is an award-winning writer from Scotland, who currently lives in Japan. He is the author of over 30 books, the editor of the critically acclaimed collection AX: alternative manga (Publishers Weekly's "Best ten books of 2010" and nominated for a Harvey award). As an author, he has published many manga version of Japanese classics including The Book of Five Rings, Secrets of the Ninja, The 47 Ronin and Cold Mountain (winner of the China Comic and Animation Competition 2015 "Best Overseas Comic" award). In 2016, his book The Faceless Ghost was nominated for a prestigious Eisner Book Award and received a medal at the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Another of his books, Secrets of the Ninja, won a 2017 International Manga Award given by the Japanese government. In February 2021, Wilson was awarded the Scottish Samurai Award from the Order of the Scottish Samurai--a group that celebrates connections between Scotland and Japan--for his contributions as an author. He is the author of Manga Yokai Stories.

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