The Meija Era (1868-1912) brought Japan into the Modern Age.

Contemporary writer, Soseki Natsume, expressed the feelings of the time through his classic Botchan which Sekikawa explores through an adult story that Taniguchi illustrates with exquisite and elegant detail forming a transparent window onto this time of turbulent (and sometimes violent) change in Japanese society.

Author/Artist: Natsuo Sekikawa / Jiro Taniguchi
Publisher: Fanfare / Ponent Mon
Page Count: 144pp
Size: 6 x 8.5
Notes: paperback, b/w
Date of Publication: July 1, 2005
ISBN: 978-8496427013