Ichi is a lone goze (blind woman singer) who has become separated from her traveling entertainment troupe. Wondering how she will find her place in life, she carries only a shamisen (a traditional Japanese...

Part of the Jinbutsu Nihon no Joseishi (人物日本の女性史) series. Also known as Roman Comics. Other volumes:1: Himiko (卑弥呼)2: Sotoori Hime (衣通姫)3: Nukata no Ookimi (額田王)4: Ishikawa Iratsume (石川郎女)5: Tachibana...

"I want to take the daughter of the Kuroyuri family as my bride." An encounter with a certain man changes the fate of a girl who has been oppressed by her family. ◆◆◆ Though Kazuha, the eldest daughter of the...

The life story the first Emperor of Japan, Jinmu.

A series of short stories detailing the exploits of Dr Imibe Kana, a researcher on Japanese mythology and religion, as she travels around the country becoming involved in various occurrences centred around...

The hero, Kamuya Ride, stands on the boundary line between the god and human worlds. He's the only one who can stop a mysterious man from awakening the previously sealed Earthly Deities from their 200 year...

A couple of wandering ronin are asked to rescue a girl who was kidnapped by bandits. Violence ensues.

Sumi is a girl who wants to be needed. After desperately chasing the acceptance of her classmates she somehow finds herself drifting away in a river. For unknown reasons, the dream seller Shirogane finds her...

Yoshitaka, the oldest son of lord Minamoto no Yoshinaka, resides in Kiso with his servant and childhood friend, Kotarou. While Kotarou is in love with him, Yoshitaka admires his uncle, shogun Minamoto no...

The manga centers on Tōma Matsuzaki, who was born into a family of noted doctors.

The “Kojiki”, which was written about 1300 years ago, is Japan's oldest history chronicle. Written to legitimize the idea of the Emperor's divine descent it contains Japanese myths and historical legends. This...

A man is reading a newspaper and is excited by a recent archaeological discovery of a series of metal artifacts in Shimane prefecture. It is Shigeru Mizuki himself, who rushes into the museum to see that...

Munakata is an anthropology professor who studies the relationship between folklore or fairy tales and real historical events. He believes that many of these stories that most presume to be entirely fictional...

Italian edition by Star Comics This story is set in the ancient times of Emperor Suinin (around 29 BC–AD 70). The story opens with the mythical wrestling match ordered by the Emperor, between Nomi no Sukune and...

Yoto Osamu, who lost her parents at a young age, worked at the village shrine and lived a strong life on her own despite her small size. The dragon god whom she admires like a father. And Toyokizu, the son of...

Popular illustrator Oku's first, short manga comes in full-color.

Himika is a history-loving girl who has been reincarnated in the Warring States Period. She tries to use her modern knowledge to change history and save Akechi Mitsuhide, her favorite warlord...

"Is... it okay to make you mine? So that you will never be able to leave me again..." Kaguya has reincarnated into the future where civilization has regressed to the Heian period. In her past life, she had such...

Based on the Genpei War, the story follows Senjumaru of the Heike clan. Note: Only first volume released in print. Pixiv releases

As part of the Manga Classic Literature (Koten Bungaku) series, Ikeda adapts for manga the tale of the bamboo cutter. This is a Japanese folk-tale dating from the 10th century. One day, an old and childless...

With the setting of Edo, we have that the more a wealthy a city grows, the more people will gather, and as a side effect more seeds of discord can easily be found. On one hand we have Shusuke, a slacker "almost...