Tanka

Product Code: 69633
Tanka

Tanka

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A sharp first printing of the original French edition.

From the publisher:

All the magic of the samurai universe revisited by the great Milanese master.

A poem on the edge of the katana...

Shikibo, a Japanese princess, lived in the 10th century AD. Her fame as a poet was immense. Nothing is known about her; only one poem—a Tanka—has survived. From its five verses, Toppi composed the first story in this collection: the sentimental education of a Ronin who will understand that to seduce his beloved, there are other offerings than a severed head...

Toppi, fascinated by Japanese culture since childhood, takes us into the distant world of princesses, Samurai, and Ronin, where poetry and violence intertwine. With a dazzling shortcut, the final vignette of the last story brings us back to the modern world: poetry disappears, violence remains...

Four masterful stories whose original pages were exhibited at the Angoulême Comics Fair in 2008.

Resume:

Toute la magie de l'univers des samouraïs revu par le grand maître milanais.

Un poème sur le fil du Katana...

Shikibo, princesse japonaise, vécut au Xème siècle de notre ère. Sa renommée de poétesse fut immense. On ne sait rien d'elle, seul un poème- un Tanka- nous est parvenu. À partir de ses cinq vers, Toppi a composé la première histoire de ce recueil : l'éducation sentimentale d'un Rônin qui comprendra que pour séduire sa belle, il est d'autres offrandes qu'une tête tranchée...

Toppi, fasciné depuis l'enfance par la culture nippone nous emporte dans l'univers lointain des princesses, des Samouraïs et des Rônins où poésie et violence s'entremêlent. Par un raccourci fulgurant la dernière vignette de la dernière histoire nous ramène dans le monde moderne : la poésie disparaît, la violence reste...

Quatre récits magistraux dont les planches originales ont été exposées au Salon de la BD d'Angoulême en 2008.

Toppi, Sergio

Condition & Attributes

Very Fine, issued without dustjacket

Publishing Information

St. Egreve
Mosquito
2008
1st
9782352930092

Physical Description

12 inches
9 inches
48 pages
black & white
hardcover
pictorial boards
French

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