From Shogun to Godzilla: A Graphic Gameboard History of Modern Japan

About this book

Design, popular culture, history, art, manga, and comics come together in this visual self-portrait of modern Japan, illustrated by events and developments depicted in traditional Japanese board games known as sugoroku. This dazzling collection is a gateway to an influential art form little known outside Japan. Sugoroku themes included nearly every aspect of Japanese society, including history and war, fashion, sports, education, public health, adventure, and politics. Almost every significant incident and social movement from the mid-19th to mid-20th century Japan appeared on sugoroku. Curated by art collector/historian and author, Norman Brosterman (Inventing Kindergarten, Out of Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future).