Manga History

Question 1

What is the 1000 years manga theory?

Answer 1

Manga can directly be linked to premodern japanese artistic traditions

Question 2

Edo period

Answer 2

art and books are becoming affordable

lots of art becomes available as a book

Question 3

What important developments prior to the Meiji period support the 1000 years of manga theory?

Answer 3

we got:

• comic art
• art combined with text
• balloons with text but not speech balloons
• erotic art
• mass circulation
• Age-differentiated books for children
• Humor, satire, use of monsters and fairytales
• western influence on art styles
• the word manga

Question 4

What is the collaborative manga theory?

Answer 4

Manga is an imported art form, it evolved directly from european and north american cinematic techniques

Question 5

Charles Wirgman

Answer 5

Patron saint of modern manga

used speech balloons

Question 6

Georges Bigot

Answer 6

French painter, satirist, comic artist

placed drawings in a narrative sequence

Question 7

Kitizawa Rakuten

Answer 7

• first person to call his works manga (that wasn’t a drawing manual)
• founded Tokyo Puck and created some magazines for children

Question 8

When did the 4 panel comic strip appear?

Answer 8

1920’s also speech bubbles appeared around this time

Question 9

what was manga like in the 1920s-1930s?

Answer 9

manga is serialized in adult newspapers

during war is used as propaganda

Question 10

what was manga like in the 1930s-1940s?

Answer 10

separate boys and girls magazines

during second world war they become propaganda again
shojo aesthetics can be traced back to this

Question 11

what was manga like in the mid 1940s-1950s?

Answer 11

reintroduction of manga (prewar/wartime magazines reintroduced, still aimed at kids)
american comics translated, serialized
4 panel strips appear

Question 12

what was manga like in the mid 1950s-1960s?

Answer 12

Proper manga magazines(manga industry is similar to today)

housed in tokyo