Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Yoshinaga Fumi

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Ooku: The Inner Chambers by Yoshinaga Fumi
VIZ Media

During the Edo Period (1600-1868) Japan was an enigma to the West. What little was known was from the few accounts of 16th century missionaries and merchants. The nation had closed itself off from the rest of the world to preserve itself from disruptive influences and the threat of invasion. But what if something else happened at this time, what if a disease known as the 'red pox' had started in the North and spread throughout the land killing the majority of adolescent boys leaving a large female population who then took on the traditional males roles and actually run the country.

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Cautions: Violence, as would be expected with samurai, and sexual situations including male-male.