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Selected Japanese-Language Writings on Manga

There is a kanji/kana version of this bibliography.
(Requires a Japanese-equipped system setup to view properly.)

EIRI An
    1994    Shôjo manga ka ashisutanto ("Shôjo Manga Artist Assistant").
        Tokyo: Data House.
FUJIMOTO Yukari
    1990    "Onna to ren'ai: shôjo manga no rabu iryuujon" ("Women and 
        Romantic Love: The Illusion of Love in Shôjo Manga"). In New 
        Feminism Review, Vol. 1: Ren'ai tekunorojii ("Love 
        Technologies"). C. UENO, ed. Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
    1991    "Shôjo manga ni okeru 'shônen ai' no imi" ("The Meaning of 
        'Boys' Love' in Shôjo Manga"). In New Feminism Review, Vol. 2: 
        Onna to hyôgen ("Women and Expression"). N. MIZUTA, ed. 
        Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
    1992    "Onna no, yokubô no katachi: rediisu komikku ni miru onna 
        no sei gensô" ("The Form of Woman's Desire: Women's Sexual 
        Fantasy as Seen in Ladies' Comics"). In New Feminism Review, 
        Vol. 3: Pornography. K. SHIRAFUJI, ed. 
        Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
    1992    "'Tojirareta kisetsu' no mukô gawa" ("On the Other Side of the
        "Closed Season"). In New Feminism Review, Vol. 4: Ageism. K.
        HIGUCHI, ed. Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
    1994    "O-shigoto!" ("Work!"). In New Feminism Review, Vol. 5: Risky
        Business. C. UENO, ed. Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
    1998    Watashi no ibasho wa doko ni aru no—shôjo manga ga utsusu kokoro
        no katachi ("Where Do I Belong?: The Shape of the Heart as Reflected in
        Girls' Comics"). Tokyo: Gakuyô Shobô.
    1999    Kairaku denryuu—onna no, yokubo no, katachi (Electric Current of 
        Pleasure: The Form, of Women's, Desire). Tokyo: Kawade Shobô Shinsha.
HASHIMOTO Osamu
    1984 [1979]     Hana saku otome-tachi no kinpiragobô ("The 
        Shredded Burdock Root of the Blossoming Maidens"). Tokyo: 
        Kawade Bunko.
INOUE Manabu, ed.
    1995    Manga no yomikata ("How to Read Manga"). Tokyo: 
        Takarajimasha.
ISHII Shinji, ed.
    1979    Manga ronsô! ("Manga Debate!"). Tokyo: JICC Shuppan Kyoku.
ISHIKO Jun
    1988    Nihon manga shi ("The History of Japanese Comics"). Tokyo: 
        Kyoyo Bunko.
IWADATE Mariko, OGURA Fuyumi and OHSHIMA Yumiko
    1993    Watashi-tachi ga dekiru made ("Until We Become Us").  Tokyo: 
        Kadokawa Bunko
KARASAWA Shuuichi
    1993    Manga no gyakushuu: Nômiso chokugeki! Dotô no kashihon kaiki  
            shôjo manga no sekai ("Revenge of the Manga: Direct Attack on 
            the Brain! The Raging Billows of the World of rental shôjo manga").  
            Tokyo: Benesse.
KITAHARA Nariko
    1993    Shôjo manga-ka gurashi ("Life as a Shôjo Manga Artist"). 
        Tokyo: Iwanami Shuppan.
Komikku hyôgen no jiyuu o mamoru kai, ed.
    1993    Shigaisen ("The Battle Outside the Magazines"). Tokyo: 
        Tsukuru Shuppan.
MARUYAMA Akira
    1993    Manga no kanzume: Tezuka Osamu to Tokiwasô no nakama-
        tachi ("Canned Manga: TEZUKA Osamu and the Occupants of the 
        Tokisô Apartments"). Tokyo: Horupu Shuppan.
MINAMIHATA Toshiharu and MINAMIHATA Yohko
    1986    Asobu hon'ya: manga senmonten Wandaarando no kiroku ("A 
        Bookstore to Play With: The Chronicles of Manga Speciality 
        Store Wonderland"). Tokyo: Shinbunka Tsuushinsha.
MURAKAMI Tomohiko, TAKATORI Ei and YONEZAWA Yoshihiro
    1987    Manga den: "Kyojin no hoshi" kara "Oishinbo" made ("A Tale of 
        Manga: From 'Star of the Giants' to 'Oishinbo'"). Tokyo: Heibonsha.
NAGATANI Kunio
    1994    Nippon manga-ka meikan ("A Directory of Japanese Manga Artists").
        Tokyo: Data House.
    1995    Nippon meisaku manga meikan ("A Directory of Great Japanese
        Manga").  Tokyo: Data House.
    1995    Nippon manga zasshi meikan ("A Directory of Japanese Manga 
        Magazines").  Tokyo: Data House.
NATSUME Fusanosuke
    1985    Natsume Fusanosuke no mangagaku ("NATSUME Fusanosuke's 
        Mangalogy").  Tokyo: Daiwa (Yamato?) Shoten.
OHTSUKA Eiji
    1987    Manga no kôzô ("The Structure of Manga"). Tokyo: 
        Yudachisha.
    1994    Sengo manga no hyôgen kuukan: kigô-teki shintai no 
        jubaku ("The Expressive Space of Postwar Manga: Under the Spell 
        of the Semiotic Body"). Tokyo: Hôzôkan.
SAKURAI Tetsuo
    1990    Tezuka Osamu: jidai to kirimusubu hyôgen-sha ("Tezuka 
        Osamu: An Artist Who Crossed Swords With an Age"). Tokyo: 
        Kôdansha Gendai Shinsho.
SAOTOME Miyako
    1993    Rediisu komikku no himitsu ("The Secrets of Ladies Comics"). 
        Tokyo: Data House.
Shôjo manga tettei tsuikyuu iinkai (HAMADA Tsuneo, ISHIBIKI Kyohko, 
    WATANABE Hisahiro), ed.
    1994    Shôjo manga ni kataomoi ("An Unrequited Crush On Shôjo 
        Manga"). Tokyo: Footwork Shuppan.
TAKEUCHI Osamu and MURAKAMI Tomohiko, ed.
    1989    Manga hihyô taikei dai 3 kan: egaku, yomu, uru ("A 
        Compendium of Manga Criticism, Volume 3: To Draw, To Read, To 
        Sell"). Tokyo: Heibonsha.
TAKEUCHI Natsuo
    1993    Manga no tatsujin: manga to dôjinshi no subete ga wakaru 
        ("Manga Master: Everything There Is To Know About Manga and 
        Amateur Publishing"). Tokyo: KK Bestsellers.
TEZUKA Osamu
    1988 [1979]     Boku wa manga-ka: Tezuka Osamu jiden - 1 ("I'm a 
        Manga Artist: The Autobiography of Tezuka Osamu, Vol. 1"). 
        Tokyo: Yamato Shobô.
    1994 [1977]     Manga no kokoro: hassô to tekunikku ("The Heart of 
        Manga: Conception and Technique"). Tokyo: Kôbunsha.
Tezuka Production and MURAKAMI Tomohiko, ed.
    1995    Tezuka Osamu ga inaku natta hi ("The Day TEZUKA Osamu Went 
        Away"). Tokyo: Shio Shuppan.
THORN, Matt
    1998    "Shôjo manga no "bungakusei" tte, are no koto?" ("When You Say the 
       Literariness of Girls' Comics, Do You Mean...?")  In Kino hyôron rinji 
       zôkan: Bungaku wa naze manga ni maketa ka!?. Kyoto: Seigensha.
YAGUCHI Takao, SATONAKA Machiko and NAGI Goh (TANIGAWA Akihide, ed.)
    1995    Manga wa jidai o utsusu ("Manga Reflect the Times").  Tokyo: 
        Tokyo Shoseki.
YONEZAWA Yoshihiro
    1980    Sengo shôjo manga shi ("A History of Postwar Shôjo 
        Manga"). Tokyo: Shinpyôsha.
YONEZAWA Yoshihiro, ed.
    1987    Manga hihyô sengen ("A Declaration of Manga Criticism").  
        Tokyo: Aki Shobô.
    1988    Supiichibaruun - pareedo ("Speech Balloon Parade").  Tokyo: Kawade 
        Shobô Shinsha.
YONEZAWA Yoshihiro, "coordinator"
    1991    Kodomo no Shôwa-shi: Shôjo manga no sekai I, Shôwa 20 nen - 
        37 nen ("A Children's History of Showa-Era Japan: The World of 
        Shôjo Manga I, 1945-1962")  Bessatsu Taiyô series.  Tokyo: Heibonsha.
    1991    Kodomo no Shôwa-shi: Shôjo manga no sekai II, Shôwa 38 nen - 
        64 nen ("A Children's History of Shôwa-Era Japan: The World of 
        Shôjo Manga II, 1963-1989")  Bessatsu Taiyô series.  Tokyo: Heibonsha.

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Matt Thorn ()
Cultural Anthropologist
Associate Professor
Faculty of Manga
School of Manga Production
Kyoto Seika University