Ōoku : the inner chambers. Vol. 9
(Graphic Novel)

Reads manga-style, right to left and back to front.

A stunning alternative history from Eisner-nominated creator Fumi Yoshinaga. 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...

Rated M: For mature.

Parental Advisory: Explicit content.

Translated from the Japanese.