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Vol. 1 (2025): Rethinking Manga History

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Edited and Published by: Kyoto Seika University International Manga Research Center

Published: 2025-06-01

Introduction

Rethinking Manga History: Whose Story Is It?

Matsushita Tetsuya (Author)
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Foreword to the First Edtion

Introducing Manga Studies: Motivation, Methodology, and Goals

Yoshimura Kazuma (Author)
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Special Feature

The “blind spot” in Manga History: Looking for Umezu Kazuo’s Place in History

Kageyama Ryo (Author)
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Phenakistiscope and Pantomime Cartoon: The Rise of “Stories without Words” amid the Nineteenth-Century Revolution in Visual Culture, Science, and Technology, 1832–1899

Eike Exner (Author)
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The Theory of “Educational” Manga Produced Under the Regulation of Children’s Literature: From “Boiling” to “Evaporation” (Part 1)

Miyamoto Hirohito (Author)
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Character Expression in Saneatsu Mushanokōji and Ryūsei Kishida’s “Kachikachisan to Hanasajiji”: The Representation of Good and Evil Based on Modern Physiognomy

Matsushita Tetsuya (Author)
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A re-revaluation of Kuri Ōji: The inventive and experimental character of Alternative Japanese Manga

Morishita Toyomi (Author)

Essential Readings in Manga Studies

Manga and the Establishment of “Nigao-e”: Who is looking at the face?

Yoshimura Kazuma (Author); Henrique Reis (Translator)
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The Layering of the Concept of Manga: From the Early Modern to Modern Periods [Publication due January 2026]

Miyamoto Hirohito (Author)
Shimizu Isao and Miyamoto Hirohito on Japan’s first modern ‘manga’ artist Kitazawa Rakuten [Publication due December 2025]

Ronald Stewart (Author)
Re-Examining the “What is Manga” Problematic: The Tension and Interrelationship between the “Style” Versus “Made in Japan” Positions [Publication due December 2025]

Zoltan Kacsuk (Author)

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