‘Drawn from the Street’ highlights Japan’s Postwar social issues through Manga

HONOLULU.- In 2019, the Honolulu Museum of Art (HoMA) acquired the 1975 hand-drawn short story “Vagabond Plain” by acclaimed alternative manga artist Tadao Tsuge (b. 1941). Tsuge’s illustrations capture the social crisis of postwar Japan. Opening Dec. 19, “Drawn from the Street: The Politics of Poverty in…

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