Notes

On cover: Samurai, shoguns & World War Two.

Contents: The dawn of Japan -- Buddhism and the birth of a nation -- Buddhist politics and the rise of the aristocracy -- The establishment of a samurai government and the kamakura shogunate -- The north-south imperial court and the Onin war -- The dawn of the warring states period -- The coming of peace -- The Meiji restoration and the end of the samurai -- The birth and modernisation of imperial Japan -- The advance of modern Japan.
Summary: A History of Japan in Manga tells the saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai and duplicitous leaders are all portrayed in modern manga fashion.

Translated from the Japanese.