Silver Leaf [Japanese]

By Akane Chihaya and 千早 茜

The 168 times (second half of 2022) Naoki Award winning work. A story set in the late Sengoku period of Japan, focusing on the lives of workers in the famous Iwami Ginzan silver mine. A young girl named Ume is taken under the wing of a master miner, Kihachi, and learns about the precious metal industry. However, Ume is left alone in a dangerous world when Kihachi passes away and she is forced to fend for herself.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: Japanese
• ISBN: 4103341947
• ISBN13: 9784103341949
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Shinchosha