Jiro Taniguchi's VENICE is an amazing comics travelogue that is among this master's final - and finest - works. Taniguchi passed away earlier this year, but has left an amazing and voluminous legacy of manga (comics by any other name is still comics) that will continue to be an inspiration to all who follow.  His meditation on space and in particular on architecture as the embodiment of human history and culture will slowly seep into readers consciousnesses as they read this work and pore over these pages...

At long last, from the creator of The Walking Man comes Jiro Taniguchi's tale of the small quotidian pleasures of Edo era Japan, and which is likely the book that comes closest to capturing similar moments of mono no aware to those providied by The Walking Man. It has finally been released in English translation by Ponent Mon in this solid hardcover edition.  Taniguchi, one of the greats, passed away earlier this year (2017). 

Now out of print :(  

We are, however, engaged in an active and ongoing search for further copies of this Taniguchi masterwork that effectively and movingly captures both an era and a state of mind...

and  we have now located one copy! – with a dinged cover but with as new interior.  The image at left accompanying this listing is of this actual copy for sale.