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Sansuke Yamada
is a Japanese manga artist, illustrator, and musician. He is noted for his early career in gay manga, as the lead singer of the '' kayōkyoku'' group Tomari, and for his 2013 award-winning manga series . Biography Yamada was born in 1972 in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture. He began drawing manga in the fourth grade, and developed an interest the history of post-occupation Japan before studying at the Osaka University of Arts. Yamada cites among his early influences the films of Shoichi Ozawa; left-wing literary works by , Miyoko Matsutani, Akiyuki Nosaka, and Komimasa Tanaka; historic news photography published by ''Mainichi Shimbun''; Fujio Akatsuka's ''Introduction to Manga''; and the television series '' Ōedo Sōsamō''. In 1991, Yamada made his debut as a manga artist, writing and illustrating a ''dōjinshi'' about comfort women. In 1994, he began to publish professionally as a gay manga artist, appearing in the gay interest magazines and ''Samson''. Yamada would become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south. Japan is a part of the Ring of Fire, and spans an archipelago of 6852 islands covering ; the five main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu (the "mainland"), Shikoku, Kyushu, and Okinawa. Tokyo is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Kobe, and Kyoto. Japan is the eleventh most populous country in the world, as well as one of the most densely populated and urbanized. About three-fourths of the country's terrain is mountainous, concentrating its population of 123.2 million on narrow coastal plains. Japan is divided into 47 administrative prefectures and eight traditional regions. The Greater Tokyo Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akiyuki Nosaka
was a Japanese novelist, singer, lyricist, and member of the House of Councillors. As a broadcasting writer he used the name and his alias as a chanson singer was . Early life Nosaka was born in Kamakura, Kanagawa, the son of Sukeyuki Nosaka, who was an official of the Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Construction. Together with his sisters he grew up as an adopted child of a Harimaya family in Nada, Kobe, Hyōgo. His foster mother, Aiko, was his maternal aunt. Nosaka is part of the "Generation of the Ashes" (), which includes other writers like Kenzaburō Ōe and Makoto Oda. One of his sisters died as the result of malnutrition, and his adoptive father died during the 1945 bombing of Kobe in World War II. Another sister died of malnutrition in Fukui. Nosaka would later base his short story "Grave of the Fireflies" on these experiences. Career Nosaka is well known for children's stories about war. Two of his short stories, "Grave of the Fireflies" and "American Hijiki", won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
P-Vine Records
P-Vine Records is an independent record label based in Tokyo, Japan. History It was started in 1976 by Blues Interactions, a firm founded in 1975 by Yasufumi Higurashi and Akira Kochi, as a record label focused on black music. The label name comes from the "Peavine Branch" of the Mississippi Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad sung in blues songs by Charley Patton and Big Joe Williams. In the early years, the label focused on blues and R&B but gradually expanded to wider genres such as jazz, Latin, funk, j-pop, house music, and garage punk. The label has released some newly recorded materials, including the album ''Original Chicago Blues'' with Kansas City Red, Eddie Taylor, and Big John Wrencher. But its focus has been on reissuing vintage recordings. P-Vine has released materials from labels such as Chess, Delmark, Modern/Kent, Black Top, and Alligator. It was also responsible for releasing previously unreleased live and studio recordings by Parliament-Funkadel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imperial Japanese Army
The was the official ground-based armed force of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945. It was controlled by the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff Office and the Ministry of the Army, both of which were nominally subordinate to the Emperor of Japan as supreme commander of the army and the Imperial Japanese Navy. Later an Inspectorate General of Aviation became the third agency with oversight of the army. During wartime or national emergencies, the nominal command functions of the emperor would be centralized in an Imperial General Headquarters (IGHQ), an ad hoc body consisting of the chief and vice chief of the Army General Staff, the Minister of the Army, the chief and vice chief of the Naval General Staff, the Inspector General of Aviation, and the Inspector General of Military Training. History Origins (1868–1871) In the mid-19th century, Japan had no unified national army and the country was made up of feudal domains (''han'') with the Tokugawa shogunate (''bakuf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comic Beam
is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Enterbrain on a monthly basis since November 1995. In 2006, it had a circulation of 25,000. Popular manga serialized in ''Comic Beam'' include Kaoru Mori's ''Emma'' about the love story between a maid and an aristocratic man in Victorian England. ''Emma'' was adapted into an anime series and translated into many languages. ''Koi no Mon'' (''Otakus in Love'') revolves around a group of otaku, their lives and romantic relationships. The comedy by Hanyu-new was made into a film in 2004. ''Comic Beam'' is considered an "alternative" manga magazine in the Japanese publishing industry, where its 25,000 circulation is less than 1% of other more popular manga magazines like ''Weekly Shōnen Jump''. Its small but loyal readership is regarded as consisting largely of hardcore comic enthusiast and art students. Serialized titles * '' Areyo Hoshikuzu'' by Sansuke Yamada * by Marginal and Syuji Takeya * '' Bambi and Her Pink Gun'' by At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HIV/AIDS In Japan
HIV/AIDS in Japan has been recognized as a serious health issue in recent years. However, overall awareness amongst the general population of Japan regarding sexually transmitted infections, including HIV/AIDS, remains low. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) first came to attention in the 1980s in the United States, followed by global interest in the years that followed. Among the many countries affected, Japan's population of affected people remains low in comparison to other developed countries such as the United States and European countries. The number of cases continues to rise. Official reports indicate that 6 homosexual men were diagnosed in 1985, which grew to 100 people infected by 1990. The primary group affected in the 1980s was hemophiliacs, but that shifted to sexual transmission in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Due to poor media coverage and the lack of momentum from activist groups, large misconceptions about the disease, homosexuals, and foreigners spread about th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massive Goods
Massive Goods (or simply Massive) is a fashion brand and manga publisher. The company works with LGBTQ and feminist comic artists in Japan, particularly gay manga (''bara'') artists, to create products featuring their artwork, and English-language translations of their works. History Massive was founded in 2013 by Anne Ishii and Graham Kolbeins concurrent with the release of ''The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: Master of Gay Erotic Manga'' ( Picturebox), the first English-language publication of works by Gengoroh Tagame, which Ishii and Kolbeins co-edited with Chip Kidd. Massive first released a line of t-shirts featuring artwork by Tagame and Jiraiya, which gained popularity in the LGBTQ hip-hop scene. On June 7, 2019, Massive went on hiatus. While the company continues to fulfill online orders, it is not presently planning new product launches or events. Fashion In partnership with other brands, Massive has launched several fashion and accessory lines, primarily featurin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samson (magazine)
''Samson'' (月刊サムソン) is a monthly Japanese magazine for gay men. Gay magazines in Japan, along with much gay culture, are segregated by "type"; most are aimed at an audience with specific interests. ''Samson'' specializes in daddies, older, chubby men and salarymen in suits and occasionally fundoshi, or traditional Japanese loincloths. Overview ''Samson'' was started in 1982. The magazine features photographs and drawings which, while they feature explicit depictions of sex, are censored in accordance with Japanese law to obscure genitals and pubic hair. Like '' G-men'', ''Samson'' has fewer general articles than other magazines such as Barazoku and more short fiction and serialized stories. Each month there are community listings, several different stories—often pornographic—and several in comic form as well, and advertisements from gay-related and gay-friendly businesses such as day spas, clubs and hotels, bars, cafes and restaurants, host bars (hust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comfort Women
Comfort women or comfort girls were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied countries and territories before and during World War II. The term "comfort women" is a translation of the Japanese '' ianfu'' (慰安婦), which literally means "comforting, consoling woman." Estimates vary as to how many women were involved, with most historians settling somewhere in the range of 50,000–200,000; the exact numbers are still being researched and debated. Most of the women were from occupied countries, including Korea, China, and the Philippines. Women who were used for military "comfort stations" also came from Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaya, Manchukuo, Taiwan (then a Japanese dependency), the Dutch East Indies, Portuguese Timor, New Guinea and other Japanese-occupied territories. Stations were located in Japan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, New Guinea, Hong Kong, Macau, and French Indochina. A smaller ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dōjinshi
, also romanized as ', is the Japanese term for self-published print works, such as magazines, manga, and novels. Part of a wider category of ''doujin'' (self-published) works, ''doujinshi'' are often derivative of existing works and created by amateurs, though some professional artists participate in order to publish material outside the regular industry. Groups of ''doujinshi'' artists refer to themselves as a . Several such groups actually consist of a single artist: they are sometimes called . Since the 1980s, the main method of distribution has been through regular ''doujinshi'' conventions, the largest of which is called Comiket (short for "Comic Market") held in the summer and winter in Tokyo's Big Sight. At the convention, over of ''doujinshi'' are bought, sold, and traded by attendees. ''Doujinshi'' creators who base their materials on other creators' works normally publish in small numbers to maintain a low profile so as to protect themselves against litigation, mak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ōedo Sōsamō
and are long-running (1970 to 1992) prime time television ''jidaigeki'' programs that originally aired from 1970 to 1992. The series was broadcast on TV Tokyo (Tokyo 12 Channel). The title literally translates as " Oedo Dragnet" ("New Oedo Dragnet" for the second series). Early on, it carried the subtitle "Ōedo Untouchables." Characters The central characters are a ninja group who serve as secret police agents in Edo. They work undercover under the direction of a hatamoto, and later, under Matsudaira Sadanobu. * Jūmonji Koyata, masquerading as a vagrant from Sagami, Sanjirō. The male lead, Koyata was played by Ryōtarō Sugi, Kōtarō Satomi, Hiroki Matsukata, Shirō Namiki, and Jun Hashizume. * Isaka Jūzō, masquerading as a rōnin of the same name. Tetsurō Sagawa created the role. * Female leads: Konami ( Meiko Kaji), Yūgiri (Miyako Koshiro), Kurenai Ochō (Michiyo Yasuda), Inazuma Oryū ( Sanae Tsuchida), Kazaguruma no Okiku ( Yōko Natsuki), and others. A 1979 f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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