True or False The LCM of and is 4x3 (x + 1). 6x4 + 4x3 2x3 + 6x
ARH 399 – History of Manga Lecture 1: 3/29/16 Defining “Manga”: -‐“Manga” = playful (“man-‐“) pictures (“-‐ga”) -‐Manga makes up 40% of publications in Japan, 36% of those being paper books, and the remaining 4% being digital publications -‐Characteristics: cartooning, paneling, sequence, combination of text and image -‐“Sequence” was introduced in early Japanese hand scrolls th Ex: Fukutomi Zoshi (The Fortunate Man) from the early 15 century -‐“Cartooning” appears as early as the 12 century th Ex: Scroll of Frolicking Animals -‐The word “manga” first appears in in the late 18 -‐19 century when Katsushika Hokusai uses it in Hokusai Manga (1814-‐) Ex: “Acrobatic Eating” -‐Manga originally translated to “caricature” in 1890, but changed to the modern translation “playful pictures” in 1902 where the Daily News newspaper published a “Manga News” column -‐The first “professional manga artist”, Kitazawa Rakuten, emerged in 1903 -‐Okamoto Ippei and the Tokyo Manga Association emerged in 1915 -‐Post-‐1890: “Cartoons” are considered single-‐panel and non-‐sequential works while “comics” adhere to Scott McCloud’s definition (“juxtaposed pictures and other images in direct sequence”), but with understanding that writing is a part of the images First Aim of the Course: -‐To provide an overview of the various manga genres -‐To provide a timeline of emerging genres in chronological order (history) -‐Ex: Manga for “kids” vs. manga for “adults” Second Aim of the Course: -‐Understanding manga in terms of sequence, paneling, and drawing style -‐Ex: “New Treasure Island” uses all 4 types of Japanese writing (kanji, hiranga, katakana, romaji), each used for a separate purpose Japanese Writing System: -‐Kanji = Chinese characters -‐Hiranga = cursive Chinese characters -‐Katakana = part of a Chinese character -‐Romaji = Romanization of Japanese words
