Women’s Voices in Manga Japanese Cultural and Historical Perspectives

Hiromi Tsuchiya Dollase
 is an associate professor of Japanese language and literature at Vassar College, USA. Her areas of research include Japanese women’s literature, girls’ magazine culture, and manga. She is the author of 
Age of Shōjo: Emergence, Evolution and Power of Girls’ Magazine Fiction in Japan
 (2019). She has co-edited 
Manga!: Visual Pop-Culture in ARTS Education
 (2020) with Masami Toku.

Masami Toku
 is a professor of art education at California State University, Chico, USA. Her research interest is the cross-cultural study of children’s artistic development and how visual pop-culture influences children’s visual literacy. One of her major projects was the international touring exhibition of 
Girls’ Power! Shojo Manga! 
(2005-2023). She has published a large number of articles, book reviews, book chapters, exhibition catalogs, and books.