Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye—originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever—the ...

O-Tsuru (the crane), named because she used to stand on one foot to warm the other, was sold by her parents to become a geisha. She will begin as an apprentice (Shikomikka) in an okiya. The house where the g...

The daily life of a 14-year old housemaid working in a wealthy household during the early Showa era. [Source: Mangadex]

Under the Rose contains two stories: Winter's Tale (Fuyu no Monogatari): In the late 19th century England, Grace King was the daughter of a declined Marquis and also the mistress of Count Arthur Roland. Afte...

Meiro-chou is a town where all-female diviners (uranaishi) live and where girls from all over the country yearn to become the top diviner — Urara. Today, a solitary girl named Chiya enters the town's gates...

Usagi Yojimbo is the story of a fictional, idealized, totemic, and somewhat historical Japan. It is a story told by following (primarily) a single wandering ronin as he follows the way of the samurai, seekin...