Sharaku (manga)

 is a seinen manga by Go Nagai. It's a Japanese historical fiction manga. The protagonist name, Sharaku, is a reference to Toshusai Sharaku, a famous Japanese woodblock printer. The existing "tankōbon" doesn't include the 34 pages special "Naniwa - Kanjo no "Koi"" (「浪速」艦上の“恋”), published in "Weekly Morning" #2·3 (2002).
Plot.
The protagonist is a female reporter who witnesses the changes between the end of the Edo period and the beginning of the Meiji period.