What this genre is
Shochan no Boken and Nonki na Tousan became enormously popular, and the format of a continuing story told in panels with speech balloons settled here. After the war, Sazae-san made the newspaper strip a national institution.
Roots — about this band: From Edo caricature to Tezuka. Where all of it begins.
Connections
Three kinds of line: direct evolution, influence, and born in reaction against.
↓ Flowed into this
↑ Grew out of this
Key works
The cornerstone of the newspaper four-panel strip, centred on the Isono family. It became the very image of the postwar Japanese household, and then a national anime.
A newspaper four-panel standard about the kindergartener Kobo and his family. A national work read across generations.
Roots — walk the band
Genres in the same band, in order of year. You are at the highlighted one.
- 1150 Emaki & Caricature↓
- 1814 Edo Caricature↓
- 1900 Satirical Cartoons↓
- 1923 Newspaper Strips（you are here）↓
- 1931 Prewar Children's Manga↓
- 1935 Kamishibai↓
- 1946 Akahon↓
- 1947 Story Manga Revolution↓
- 1955 Rental Manga
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About this entry
Genre boundaries are drawn where the network of manga happens to concentrate, not by decree. Years are approximate. Where opinions differ, this page says so rather than picking a winner.