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The River gives each entering work a place in an expanding current. Move between a visual 2D study and a direct catalogue without losing your selection.
Meet the people, practices and publications behind manga. Earlier image traditions and modern manga each keep their own history.
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Sketchbook series. An earlier use of the word manga, distinct from modern narrative comics.
A historical work credited to Tezuka Osamu and Sakai Shichima in the museum source.
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2 source-backed work records in this sample. No real catalogue connection or publication arrival is asserted.
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A journey through older visual storytelling, changing practices and modern manga. These three source notes test the structure; they do not define the final eras or claim an exhaustive history.
The Metropolitan Museum discusses illustrated handscrolls and surviving material in Japan from the eighth century. This is an older narrative-image tradition, not a date for modern manga.
Historical precursor / curatorial essay
Hokusai Manga begins as a picture-book series of sketches. A cultural link does not make it the first modern manga or select a sole inventor.
Work record / museum chronology
The museum chronology includes New Treasure Island with Tezuka Osamu and Sakai Shichima. Its collaborators remain visible in the work record.
Work record / museum chronology