is a manga series by , published by
Kadokawa Kadokawa may refer to:
*Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group
**Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker
**Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publis ...
, portraying
Isabella Bird
Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar ...
's exploration of
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. It is serialized in the magazine ''
Harta''.
In May 2015 Kadokawa published the first ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or cultur ...
'', and in 2018 it began publishing, within Japan, a bilingual Japanese-English version of the comic intended for Japanese people studying English. The bilingual version places the original Japanese text in the page margins with new English text taking its place. The bilingual comic volumes include a column from British journalist Ryohei Kawai ( ''Kawai Ryōhei'') and an interview with the author.
[ Kadokawa also publishes the manga in Taiwan. The company Éditions Ki-oon publishes the manga in France, as ''Isabella Bird, femme exploratrice''.]
Characters
* Isabella Bird
Isabella Lucy Bird, married name Bishop (15 October 1831 – 7 October 1904), was a nineteenth-century British explorer, writer, photographer, and naturalist. With Fanny Jane Butler she founded the John Bishop Memorial Hospital in Srinagar ...
( ''Isabera Bādo'')
* ( ''Itō Tsurukichi'') – Bird's translator and guide
* James Hepburn ( ''Jēmusu Hebon'') – He helps Bird find a translator
* Sir Harry Parkes
Sir Harry Smith Parkes (24 February 1828 – 22 March 1885) was a British diplomat who served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul General of the United Kingdom to the Empire of Japan from 1865 to 1883 and the Chinese ...
( ''Harī Pākusu'') – The British Consul to Japan, he helps Bird get the travel documents needed for her journey
* Fanny Parkes ( ''Fanī Pākusu'') – Harry Parkes's wife
See also
* '' Unbeaten Tracks in Japan'' – Isabella Bird's travel diary
Notes
References
External links
ふしぎの国のバード
– Comic Walker, Kadokawa Kadokawa may refer to:
*Kadokawa Corporation, the holding company of the Kadokawa Group
**Kadokawa Content Gate and Kadokawa Mobile, both former names for BookWalker
**Kadokawa Future Publishing, a subsidiary of Kadokawa Corporation and the publis ...
*
2015 manga
Enterbrain manga
Seinen manga
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