{"product_id":"how-to-become-a-taoist-immortal-9781950959068","title":"How to Become a Taoist Immortal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Utagawa Kuninao\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Eric Michael Shahan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Eric Michael Shahan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Historical Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Edo Era Manga originally published in 1800. This is a humorous story about a group of retired men and women who encounter a Taoist Immortal. They request to become students so they too may live forever. Ikku, the author, was a prolific writer who published 20 Edo Manga a year, in addition to other works. His sarcastic and ironic takes on contemporary society garnered him many fans and he is said to have been the first author in Japan to make a living solely on writing. Edo Manga were popular with the highly literate Edo townspeople and Samurai as well and continued to be published until the end of the 19th century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eric Michael Shahan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45539325280407,"sku":"9781950959068","price":1707.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781950959068.webp?v=1767903253","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/how-to-become-a-taoist-immortal-9781950959068","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}