Ôoku: The Inner Chambers

Series Description

In an alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men are dying out and the women have taken up the reins of power!

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country’s men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by 75 percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun’s Inner Chamber…

Series Details

Creator: Fumi Yoshinaga
Publisher: VIZ • VIZ Signature
Themes: Drama • Historical • Military • Samurai
Demographic: Shoujo
Serialization: Melody
Volumes in Original Language: 19 • completed
Volumes in English: 19 • completed
Age Rating: Mature
Trim Size: 5.75" x 8.25"
Format: Paperback
Product Type: Manga

Volume Description

Volume 1

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the shogun's Inner Chamber...

Volume Details

Release Date: August 18, 2009

Pages: 216

ISBN: 978-1-4215-2747-5

Ôoku: The Inner Chambers