Nejishiki, Akai Hana

A simple domestic drama about expectations, fidelity, and escape. A couple purchase a beautiful white bird with a red beak. It is said that the bird will grow attached to its owners and never fly away. While the girlfriend is working as a hostess, flirting with men for money, the boyfriend decides to draw a portrait of the new family member, and disaster strikes. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly) Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 19 (March 1966).

Rain mysteriously falls around a particular place where a boy and his grandfather plan on going mushroom hunting the next morning... Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 20 (April 1966).

A simple rural encounter is charged with sexual tension that is alluring but also fraught with danger. When a young woman happens upon a wing-shot goose, she tries to calm it then suddenly snaps its neck. Later, she befriends a young hunter and offers him shelter, but her motivations remain unclear, especially when the hunter notices a snake in the room where they’ll both be sleeping. (Source: Drawn & Quarterly) Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 18 (February 1966).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 37 (September 1967).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 31 (March 1967).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 40 (December 1967).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 34 (June 1967).

"It is said that salamanders have no memory of the past because of the polluted water." This work follows a salamander waking up in a sewer with no recollection of the past, but out of place, as if they were reborn as a completely different creature. The salamander grows accustomed to their new habitat until one day when an incomprehensible object appears in the sewer. Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 33 (May 1967).

A philosophical work that questions the uncertainty of human existence through the disappearance of a dog. Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 36 (August 1967).

A nameless traveler comes across a young girl running an inn. While showing the traveler where the best fishing hole is, a bratty schoolmate reveals the girl must run the business because her alcoholic father is incapable. At the story’s end, the traveler witnesses an unusual act of kindness from the boy... (Source: Drawn & Quarterly) Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 38 (October 1967).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 42 (February 1968).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 46 (June 1968).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 49 (August 1968).

A man visits a town that he finds mysteriously nostalgic. Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 48 (July 1968).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 44 (April 1968).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 41 (January 1968).

A surreal, avant-garde two-colour printed manga work based on Yoshiharu Tsuge's experience traveling to Futomi in Chiba prefecture. It is especially famous among the works of Tsuge and had a great influence not only on the Japanese manga world but also on many other fields. Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 47 (Tsuge Yoshiharu Tokushuu, 10th June 1968).

Note: Published in Monthly Manga Garo No. 71 (February 1970) and No. 73 (March 1970).

Note: Published in Gendai Comic 1970-01-08.

An autobiographical manga based on Yoshiharu Tsuge's adolescence. Set in a downtown plating factory, the work follows Mr. Wolves, the owner of the factory, and a young worker named Yoshio, alongside other employees. Note: Published in Bessatsu Manga Story (April 1973). Republished in Monthly Manga Garo No. 131 (July 1974).

1. Akai Hana (紅い花, Red Flowers), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-10 2. Ri-san Ikka (李さん一家, The Lee Family), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-06 3. Tsuya (通夜, The Wake), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-03 4. Umibe no Jokei (海辺の叙景, Scenes from the Seaside), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-09 5. Nishibeta Mura Jiken (西部田村事件, The Incident at Nishibeta Village), Monthly Manga Garo 1967-12 6. Futamata Keikoku (二岐溪谷, Futamata Gorge), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-02 7. Honyara Hora no Ben-san (ほんやら洞のべんさん, Mister Ben of the Honyara Cave), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-06 8. Furuhon to Shoujo (古本と少女, The Secondhand Book), Meiro2 1960-02, redrawn and -published in Monthly Manga Garo 1966-09 9. Mokkiriya no Shoujo (もっきり屋の少女), Monthly Manga Garo 1968-08 10. Yanagiya Shujin (やなぎ屋主人), Monthly Manga Garo 1970-02 & 1970-03