Understanding Manga and Exploring Unorthodox Nature of Japan through Buddha.
Manga is comic originated in Japan, which is quite different from any other western comic. This paper aims to explore the origin of the term ‘Manga’; some of its essential components. Lastly we’ll study what gives Japanese literature to show such explicit imageries and to explain all the above points I will be using Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha series (1972-83). Let’s start by understanding the meaning of Manga. Although it is difficult to identify the exact date when manga was first created, many credit the beginning of sequential art in Japan with the creation of scrolls of illustrations by Buddhist monks in the twelfth century. The most famous example of this art is the Choju Giga, or “animal scrolls” created by a monk known as Bishop Toba. Artist Hokusai Katsuhi...