Classical Japanese Literature Under Manga Cover +

The Dancing Girl of Izu (伊豆の踊子)”, originally published in 1926 by Yasunari Kawabata (川端 康成 - The first Japanese to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature), was repackaged in the style of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (ジョジョの奇妙な冒険) and sold at 7-Eleven outlets to attract young readers in Japan.

I was fascinated by this cover art (right). The interpretation is almost “an exact opposite image of the book’s content (from 2-channel)”!

Link: Novels under manga cover: Convenience stores go literary

Image from Amazon.co.jp
- via Itai News, Japan Probe

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