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A review by sortabadass
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga
4.0
This re-imagining of the Edo period's rigid formalism is brutal and haunting. Yoshinaga evokes a Japan that never was, but somehow still feels like one of the country's hushed secrets. There's a reason this was a James Tiptree Jr. award winner.
KC: "Do you think I can call the Edo period rigidly formalistic?"
Will: "I think you can call all Japan ever rigidly formalistic."
KC: "Point."
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KC: "Do you think I can call the Edo period rigidly formalistic?"
Will: "I think you can call all Japan ever rigidly formalistic."
KC: "Point."