Deb AokiOh. My. Stars! The Kaoru Mori / Bride’s Story #manga exhibit will be on display at the @[email protected] manga museum during my brief visit to Kyoto today!!! Eeeeeeee! https://kyotomm.jp/en/ee/otoyomegatari/ hear why this @[email protected] title is a @[email protected] must-read: https://www.mangasplaining.com/blog/ep-20-a-brides-story/
Holy cow, that Kaoru Mori / Bride’s Story at @[email protected] is everything i could have wanted and more. Gorgeous original art and bilingual Japanese *and* ENGLISH descriptions & artist commentary. https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
Here’s a detail from A Bride’s Story cover art for vol 11 - i didnt notice the care and detail in the background paintings until i saw them like this: https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
The Kaoru Mori / Bride’s Story exhibit at @[email protected] starts with a gallery of #manga cover art paintings with her commentary - “i wanted to create something with a sense of movement that would be eye-catching at a glance”
In this cover illustration painting for A Bride’s Story vol 3, Kaoru Mori describes how she tried to layer gouache to create a textured embroidery effect on the costume. As seen at @[email protected] https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
In the Kaoru Mori exhibit at @[email protected], there’s sections devoted to each of the “brides” - Amir, Pariya, Laila and Leili, and Anis https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/ - amazing to see so many hand-drawn #maga pages up close
Also very cool to see Kaoru Mori’s rough storyboard / page sketches —> inked pages snd final typeset story pages, at @[email protected] A Bride’s Story #manga exhibit today
This sketch to finished page comparison from A Bride’s Story was pretty striking too. As seen at @[email protected] today - https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
There was also a display of costumes from Uzbekistan, Kazhakstan and Turkmenistan that inspired the world depicted in A Bride’s Story by Kaoru Mori. As seen at @[email protected] today - https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
Love this advice from Kaoru Mori to “your younger self when you first started drawing #manga,” from the Bride’s Story exhibit at @[email protected] - https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
Love seeing these Bride’s Story #manga scenes with Pariya playing with her kitten. As seen at @[email protected] today. https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
If you go to the Bride’s Story exhibit at @[email protected] and buy your ticket online, you’ll get a Bride’s Story zipper pouch, 2 character buttons & 1 of 5 different reproductions of #manga pencil sketch pages. https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
No photos allowed in the gift shop, but i did buy a bunch of Bride’s Story stuff — including 3 reproduction #manga pages and a plate https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
Also from the Kyoto Manga Museum gift shop, I bought these 2 amazing (and kinda heavy) china platters featuring art from classic shojo #manga series, Glass Mask. I woulda got more “mangazara” - but they’re heavy & fragile-ish… :-/
No exaggeration - @[email protected]’ hardcover editions of A Bride’s Story (R, in 1st photo) are pretty much the nicest version in print. As seen at @[email protected] today https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/
Was thinking of doing a lil’ @[email protected] giveaway of some of the #manga goodies I’ve found on this trip. Maybe a random drawing from Mangasplaining Extra @[email protected] subscribers? http://mangasplainingextra.com
One last batch of pics from the Kaoru Mori / Bride’s Story exhibit at Kyoto #Manga Museum @[email protected] - her drawing tools, some pencil sketches she did at her live demo & this page of a bazaar scene - see this if you can! It’s up thru Dec 26, 2022 https://kyotomm.jp/ee/otoyomegatari/