This one, but the author/artist of the great autobiographical manga "Insufficient Direction" takes a look at the lives of Edo period courtesans with this one. The woman's point of view she brings is refreshing since there's no romantic notions or porny aspects to the book, so you get a sense that it is mostly accurate as to how their lives would of been. The art is great, but my one knock against the book on a whole is that I found it confusing. The courtesans all kind of look the same and things tended to get a little muddled. Much of this could of been due to being lost in translation of course since I have zero point of historical reference.Still a recommend. It might of been confusing, but it still kept me engaged and determined to muddle through it. I wanted to like this book more but it was just too hard to tell what was going on most of the time. All the courtesans pretty much looked the same, so you could only tell them apart based on behaviour, and even then it was only the protagonist who really stood out (I still sometimes had to go back to remind myself what she was wearing, in order to make sure the character I was reading about a few pages later was still her).I've found with a lot of one-shot manga that they often jump from scene to scene with very little transition, and this is definitely the case here. I might get more upon re-read but I don't think I'll be doing that anytime soon.
What do You think about Sakuran (2010)?
Edo period story about the oldest profession in world. Issues explored are contemporary.
—jessicahorton
Maybe it's just me, but did anyone else find bits a bit jumpy due to translation?
—bodeysgirl
Beautiful, fascinating peek into the life of a Yoshiwara courtesan.
—jeanene
Great artwork, don't feel very confident about the translation.
—Wetty
