(item number) 1002
(title) Wakagi Shobou/ "Maze 1"
(maker) Wakaki Shobo
(the date of issue) 1958 (S33) 11.03
(size) A5
(sheets) 112P
(side note) Top made
(Condition Rating) 6
(detailed) Kashi-hon, discolored and stained, missing cover, spine damaged (top and bottom), string binding repaired, vinyl cover affixed to inner front (pages 2 and 3), store stamp present, many tears around text, Matsumoto's "Tsuki Takaku Koi Toburu": small corner chip on p.101, slip pasted to inside back cover
(starting bid price) 60,000 yen
(comment) Table 2 Binikaba Sticker / Shop Seal
Tsutomu Imamura "Vengeance Without a Shape (First)"
Madoka Oishi "Cheated Alibi"
Yoshiharu Tsuge "Ghost Chimney"
Masahiko Endo "Kusabue"
Masahiko Matsumoto "Jumping High on the Moon"
Shochi Matsumoto "Jumping High on the Moon" P101 Square (First)
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"Ghost Chimney" is a short story that appeared in the first issue of Wakaki Shobo's book-drawn drama magazine "Maze" in November 1958, when Yoshiharu Tsuge began his full-scale activities as a book-drawn dramatist. The depiction of the cold rain that covers the entire film is symbolic, with suppressed pessimism and an eerie fantasy. Against the backdrop of the drama boom of the time, Tsuge demonstrated a dark and rough touch without leaving a strong impression on readers
Living situation and creative environment
・Age / living environment
Born in 1937, Tsuge is 20 to 21 years old at the time of this work's release. In 1956, he entered a boarding house in Takadanobaba, and the following year, in 1957, he moved to Kinshicho. Since then, he has continued to live in a modest boarding house in downtown Tokyo, and has been immersed in production in a small room.
・Economic difficulties , He earns a living by paying only for manuscripts of book comics. Due to the lack of living expenses, he experienced "blood sales" at the blood bank, and was in a difficult situation both physically and mentally, alongside his creative activities.
・ Literary and travel stimulation
In addition to creating fantasy literature and detective novels such as Tanizaki Junichiro, Edgar Alan Poe, and Edogawa Ranpo, he was invited by friends to travel to Kofu and Shosenkyo. "You will gain a new experience that will become the prototype of later "traveling" works.
[TSUGE Yoshiharu "Ghost Chimney"]
TSUGE Yoshiharu's short "Ghost Chimney" was published in November 1958 (Showa 33) in the first issue of Wakaki Shobo's "Maze", which was inspired by the short story magazine "Kage" (1956-) and "Town" (1957-) for rental bookstores launched in Kansai with Yoshihiro at the center, and was published in pursuit of its existence.
Wakaki has a deep connection to Hatsuge, and Tsuge made his debut as a single-page book "Idiot Night" (1955. The first full-scale exposure to commercial publishing was the year before, Wakaki also published a one-page manga "Who is the criminal!" published in Hobunsha's "Bokai Book", and most of the earliest single-page books since then have been published by this Wakaki Shobo." The appointment to the first issue was probably due to the achievements of many previous works. In the first issue, Endo Masayoshi, who for a while slept and ate under the same roof and influenced each other both in his private and public life, is also listed as one of the writers
"Ghost Chimney" is an incredible work. Manga is generally supposed to be easily consumed. Effort is to entertain and comfort the human mind. However, there is no such thing as that element in this work. There is only real despair and sadness. There are many works that depict despair and sadness as a stage set for catharsis for happiness and for villains to curse the world, but there is no other work that depicts purely despair and sadness so far.
However, this story of despair and sadness is only poisonous and does not become something that only causes hatred after reading, because it is based on the author's writer nature, feelings and empathy for unhappy people, and it is conveyed to the viewer.
Speaking of Tsuge's style, there is an image of something with a fantastic and dark atmosphere, such as a work published later in the magazine "Gallo" that exudes an inner attribute of oneself on the page, but this "ghost chimney" is just the beginning of that expression. Although only the author actually knows what led to the creation of this work, there is no doubt that everything about the poverty of life at the time, the influence of people around it, and its upbringing, which are repeatedly mentioned in autobiographies, are all mixed and unified.
"Ghost Chimney" is not just a short story for Tsuge Yoshiharu, but a work that was a turning point that allowed him to create freely. It is said to be an important work that became the starting point and crossroads of his creative life, as well as the beginning of his career as a manga artist to become a writer and the style of loneliness and illusion that can be seen in later works (Kubo)
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