Hashiguchi's work is as timeless for its clarity as for its comedy. I don't consider her a tragic figure. An incisive, tight-lipped, peculiarly (though not quite exclusively) Japanese frustration is central to her life, manga, and death. That's one oeuvre that really deserves republication yesterday.
Hashiguchi's work is as timeless for its clarity as for its comedy. I don't consider her a tragic figure. An incisive, tight-lipped, peculiarly (though not quite exclusively) Japanese frustration is central to her life, manga, and death. That's one oeuvre that really deserves republication yesterday.