English Title: | Sazae-san |
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Japanese Title | サザエさん |
Language | Japanese |
Genre | Comedy |
Public | Shonen ー 少年 |
Author | Machiko Hasegawa, 長谷川町子 |
Format | Paperback |
Page count | 145 |
ISBN | 4022609516 |
Volumes | Volume 01, Volume 02, Volume 03, Volume 04, Volume 05, Volume 06, Volume 07, Volume 08, Volume 09, Volume 10, Volume 11, Volume 12, Volume 13, Volume 14, Volume 15, Volume 16, Volume 17, Volume 18, Volume 19, Volume 20, Volume 21, Volume 22, Volume 23, Volume 24, Volume 25, Volume 26, Volume 27, Volume 28, Volume 29, Volume 30, Volume 31, Volume 32, Volume 33, Volume 34, Volume 35, Volume 36, Volume 37, Volume 38, Volume 39, Volume 40, Volume 41, Volume 42, Volume 43, Volume 44, Volume 45 |
Condition | Used-Good Condition |
Publisher | Asahi Shimbun | 朝日新聞社 |
サザエさん - Sazae-san
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In the beginning, Sazae was more interested in being with her horse than dressing up in kimono and makeup to attract her future husband. Hasegawa was forward-thinking in that, in her words, the Isono/Fuguta clan would embody the image of the modern Japanese family after World War II.
Sazae was a very “liberated” woman, and many of the early plotlines revolved around Sazae bossing around her husband, to the consternation of her neighbors, who believed that a man should be the head of his household. Later, Sazae became a feminist and was involved in many comical situations regarding her affiliation with her local women’s lib group.
Despite the topical nature of the series, the core of the stories revolved around the large family dynamic, and were presented in a lighthearted, easy fashion. In fact, the final comic, in 1974, revolved around Sazae’s happiness that an egg she cracked for her husband’s breakfast produced a double yolk, with Katsuo remarking about the happiness the “little things” in life can bring.
As of now, the popular Sazae-san anime is frequently taken as nostalgia for traditional Japanese society, since it alludes to a simpler time before modern technology, despite the fact that it was leftist to the point of controversy when it originally ran in Japanese newspapers.
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