Ôoku The Inner Chambers Vol. 4 by Fumi Yoshinaga PAPERBACK 9781421531694

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Brand new product\nFree UK standard delivery 2-3 days from despatch\nTracked secure courier\nPlease check delivery times at top of listing\nBookCurl is a family bookseller - thank you for your business\n\nIn Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga\u2019s alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power\u2014including the shogun\u2019s seat!\n\nIn 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...\n\nDespite Iemitsu and Arikoto''s best efforts, there is no male heir to take over the shogunate. As the Redface Pox continues to ravage the country!