A review by chihinoke22
Ōoku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga

4.0

Very interesting perspective of a secret world ruled by women in a time period where women were limited in practically everything. Men are scarce so they now become a rarity for those that can afford them as a luxury just to have a companion, and some men are prostituted as a way for lower class women to be able to conceive a child. It was a bit hard of a read because it was a older Japanese language being translated to an older English language and the translations were interesting to say the least. Near the end the brief moment of a foreign trades leader visiting the current leader brings a whole new perspective which you don't really see coming but completely makes sense as a method of national survival