I'm afraid this is a step back, unfortunately: eikeexner.com/2025/11/26/n...
Early Manga Historiography, the Importance of Consulting Primary Sources, and the Limits of Peer Review - Eike ExnerThe post reviews the University of California Press book "Manga's First Century: How Creators and Fans Made Japanese Comics, 1905-1989." It points out a number of severe factual errors and misinterpre...eikeexner.com