The four immigrants manga : a Japanese experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924
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Bibliographic Information
The four immigrants manga : a Japanese experience in San Francisco, 1904-1924
Stone Bridge Press, c1999
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Manga yonin shosei
4 immigrants manga
漫画四人書生
Available at 35 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published in Japanese in San Francisco in 1931
"Newly rediscovered documentary comic book."--Cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-152)
Description and Table of Contents
Description
* Translator is well known Japan expert, with over 50K sales, incl. Manga! Manga! (Kodansha, 0870117521, 30,000 cps), America and the Four Japans (1-880656-06-X, 3,500 cps), and Dreamland Japan (1-880656-23-X, 9,000+ cps) both Stone Bridge Press * Documentary comic book narrative on serious subject (cf Art Spiegelman's Maus) * Large Asian-American population throughout US * Also shows uneasy relationship between early Japanese and Chinese immigrants * Reprint from 1931 original. This is a rediscovery. The author died in the1950's. * Based on actual events from the early 20th century.
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