Ooku Wins Tiptree Award!

[chomiji]

Press release here.

"Fumi Yoshinaga’s Ooku: The Inner Chambers (volumes 1 & 2) explores an alternate version of feudal Japan, in which a plague has killed three out of every four boys. In this world, young men are protected and sheltered; women have secretly taken positions of authority and power. The Japanese ruler or shogun and the feudal lords are women and much of the story takes place among the men in the shogun’s harem. The title of the work refers to the living quarters for the shogun’s harem, contained within Edo Castle.

"The selection of Ooku: The Inner Chambers marks the first time that manga has been chosen for the Tiptree Award. Though no one on the jury is an expert on manga or on Japanese history, the jurors fell in love with the detailed exploration of the world of these books ... ."

Thanks to james_nicoll for pointing this out.

Comments

[samsarapine.livejournal.com]

Omg. That's so cool! Do you know whether she's scheduled to attend WisCon? If so, I'm totally going and fangirling her.

Damn I love that woman's manga.

[khatru1339.livejournal.com]

Do you know whether she's scheduled to attend WisCon?

We invited her as our guest, but she gracefully declined.

Jeff Smith
for the Tiptree award Motherboard

[samsarapine.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for the info! You guys rock (I knew WisCon and the Tiptree awards folks would be on top of it - talk about well-organized). I'm sorry she said 'no,' but the award is still amazing news!

[chomiji]

Thanks so much for coming by and letting us know!

[chomiji]

I really do love her stuff. She has that emotional intelligence that, in my mind, distinguishes the work of the better mangaka so clearly from most U.S. comics that I've tried reading.

The relationship between the two law students in Ichigenme is one of my favorite things.