Fumi Yoshinaga

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  • Bibliography:
    78 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 2005
  • Latest Book:
    April 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Antique Bakery

4 - Antique Bakery, Volume 4 (Mar-2006)

Ooku

1 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1 (Aug-2009)
4 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 4 (Aug-2010)
5 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 5 (Dec-2010)
7 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 7 (Jul-2012)
8 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 8 (Sep-2013)
9 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 9 (Jan-2014)
10 - Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 10 (Nov-2014)

Book List in Order: 78 titles

  • Antique Bakery, Volume 1

  • Antique Bakery, Volume 2

    • As Tachibana, Ono, and Kanda continue to run the bakery "Antique," their daily routine is suddenly interrupted by the appearance of a tall, mysterious man in dark sunglasses. Addressing Tachibana as "my lord", his name is Chikage Kobayakawa....

  • Antique Bakery, Volume 3

  • Antique Bakery, Volume 4

    Antique Bakery - 4

    • As Tachibana handles the day-to-day business of running the bakery with Ono, Kanda, and Chikage, memories of the ordeal he suffered as an abducted child continue to recur in his nightmares. Haunted as he is by vague images of the incident he...

  • Gerard & Jacques, Volume 1

    On the verge of the French Revolution, Jacques' mother finally decides to search for him. Gerard lets him go, seeing the boy depart for a life of luxury and pleasure, with no expectations of his return. But Jacques is unable to hide his feelings for ...

  • Gerard & Jacques, Volume 2

    On the verge of the French Revolution, Jacques' mother finally decides to search for him. Gerard lets him go, seeing the boy depart for a life of luxury and pleasure, with no expectations of his return. But Jacques is unable to hide his feelings for ...

  • Flower of Life, Volume 1

    • Forced to enroll in school one month late after recovering from a serious illness, Harutaro is doing his best to remain optimistic about the entire situation. The other students are working hard to make Haru feel welcome -- especially his ...

  • The Moon and Sandals, Volume 1

    • As a newly appointed high school teacher, Ida has yet to gain confidence in his abilities. His insecurity grows worse when he feels someone intensely staring at him during class. The piercing eyes belong to a tall, intimidating student -- ...

  • Solfege

    • Kugayama is a gifted music teacher, but a man with little ambition or desire. Born to a wealthy and prominent family, Kugayama passes his days simply going through the motions and existing. When ex-student, Azuma Tanaka, requests his help in...



  • Flower of Life, Volume 2

    • Harutaro is at a loss. He has been chosen for the lead role in the class play, but his lines are embarrassingly, overwhelmingly romantic! Meanwhile, his classmates are also at a loss. Who knew Harutaro was such a bad actor?! The only person ...

  • Ichigenme...the First Class is Civil Law, Volume 1

  • Fumi Yoshinaga's Lovers in the Night

    Hired as a servant by an Aristocrat family, Claude works hard to care for the family that took him in. But when the master of the house and his wife eventually pass away, Claude must keep spoiled son Antoine in line and teach him to be a proper gentl...

  • Don't Say Anymore Darling

    Kouhei is a doctor at the local university hospital who lost touch with his high school friend Tadashi. While Kouhei grew up to become a successful young doctor, Tadashi became a jobless, poor-as-dirt, flaming g...

  • Ichigenme...the First Class is Civil Law, Volume 2

    • An (apparently) frivolous Tohdou and an (overly) series Tamiya. The two continue to collide, but have finally become lovers after graduation. This is their life afterwards, living together, but... things really can't be that simple and easy,...

  • The Moon and Sandals, Volume 2

    Rikuko has been in love with close friend Koichi for a long time, but has never revealed her true feelings. When she discovers Koichi is romantically involved with her older brother, Rikuko suffers a broken heart that could destroy their friendship....

  • Flower of Life, Volume 3

    • It is Christmas and Harutarou and his classmates have big plans for the holiday. But when the cake, the tree and the music turn up missing, all that is left for them to do is commiserate under the Christmas Eve sky.
    ...

  • Fumi Yosingaga's Truly Kindly

    A collection of romantic, dramatic boys' love stories from famed manga-ka Fumi Yoshinaga!From modern-day tales of romance in Seattle, to eerie stories from historical Japan, to Yoshinaga-sensei's depiction of the class conflicts that fueled the Frenc...

  • Garden Dreams

    • In the age of Victorian England, Falhaat decides to leave his future up to the fates and journeys to the western country together with a bard. At an estate with a strikingly beautiful flower garden, he encounters a baron with soft eyes and a...

  • Flower of Life, Volume 4



  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 1

    Ooku - 1

    R to L (Japanese Style). In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all ...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 2

    In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. R to L (Japanese Style). Curious about why female lords must take on male names, the Shogun Yoshimune seeks out the ancient scribe Murase and his archives of the last ei...

  • All My Darling Daughters

    Fumi Yoshinaga weaves together the disparate lives of Yukiko and her friends in five short stories, exploring the women's various relationships with the skill and elegance she is famous for.Yukiko, a salarywoman in her thirties, still lives with her ...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 3

    In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men.R to L (Japanese Style). In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. The tale told in the Chronicle of the Dying Day continues as the...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 4

    Ooku - 4

    In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men.Reads R to L (Japanese Style). In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. Despite Iemitsu and Arikoto's best efforts, there is no ma...

  • Not Love But Delicious Foods

    There is a Japanese saying that goes, 'Hana yori dango,' or 'dumplings over flowers.' And no one is more of an advocate of this adage than mangaka Y-naga, a woman whose life revolves around her intense work and equally intense sleep schedule. The onl...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 5

    Ooku - 5

    In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men.Reads R to L (Japanese Style), for M audiences. Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the Shogun Tsunayos...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 6

    In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga’s alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power—including the shogun’s seat!In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 7

    Ooku - 7

    In this seventeenth century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male p...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 8

    Ooku - 8

    In this 17th Century Japan the Shogun is a woman...and the harem is full of men. In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male populati...



  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 9

    Ooku - 9

    A stunning alternative history from Eisner-nominated creator Fumi Yoshinaga In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population ha...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 1

    From award-winning author Fumi Yoshinaga comes a casual romance between two middle-aged men and the many meals they share together. A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days a...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 2

    In this second installment of Fumi Yoshinaga’s deliciously charming slice-of-gay-life, we delve into the beginnings of Shiro and Kenji’s relationship. Shiro continues to expand his culinary creativity while dealing with problomatic clients and hi...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 3

    Not a home cooking semi-pro’s partner for nothing, when Kenji prepares himself instant ramen in Shiro’s absence, the level of dedication is rather inspiring....

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 4

    Shiro turns down an offer to become a celebrity and Kenji’s culinary adventures are reprised in a manga about a gay couple for mature-in the true sense-readers....

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 10

    Ooku - 10

    In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditional...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 5

    Accomplished home chef though he might be, Shiro proceeds on the assumption that no two of his curries will ever taste the same....

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 6

    In this volume of discovery and acceptance, we learn that happiness depends on small constant pleasures (meals first and foremost) -- and that the reason Kenji fell for Shiro has to do with an ’80s manga. As the couple’s relationship deepens, aut...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 7

    Shiro finally introduces Kenji to his parents, and when a major case forced him to work long hours, he fails to come home for dinner for days on end....

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 11

    In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditional...



  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 1

    In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditional...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 11

    Tokugawa Harusada connived for years to place her son in the shogun’s seat, and now she’s enjoying holding all the reins of power while Ienari is relegated to breeding duties. But although his mother sees him as nothing but a mindless studhorse, ...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 12

    Ienari is determined to see his country safe from the scourge of the Redface Pox, but his mother’s cruel grasp on the reigns of the power of the shogunate means he must act in the shadows to achieve his lofty goals. And now that he has finally conv...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 2

    Curious about why female lords must take on male names, the shogun Yoshimune seeks out the ancient scribe Murase and his archives of the last eighty years of the Inner Chambers--called the Chronicle of the Dying Day. In its pages Yoshimune discovers ...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 3

    The tale told in the Chronicle of the Dying Day continues as the young female shogun Iemitsu tries desperately to conceive a male heir. But her lover Arikoto seems unable to give her a child, and they must betray their hearts to save their country. M...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 4

    Despite Iemitsu and Arikoto's best efforts, there is no male heir to take over the shogunate. As the Redface Pox continues to ravage the country, it becomes increasingly clear within Edo Castle that Japan's continued existence relies on overturning t...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 5

    Gyokuei, who first arrived at the Inner Chambers as a young novitiate monk, has risen to become one of the shogun Tsunayoshi's advisors. He hopes to protect the shogunate the same way his mentor Arikoto once did. But the numerous intrigues of the Inn...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 6

    The aging shogun Tsunayoshi must name an heir, but her senile father is blocking the ascendance of the most likely candidate in favor of a young, untried lord. But politics and the shogun’s own unpopularity may soon take the choice out of her hands...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 7

    Ienobu's heir is still just a child, and with few official functions to perform, the men of the Inner Chamber find themselves with much time on their hands. Some find ways to make the most of their rare trips outside the palace, while others turn the...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 8

    Yoshimune has secured her place in history as a cunning and capable ruler, but the time has come for her to officially declare an heir. Many in her court hope she will pass over her oafish older daughter Ieshige in favor of the urbane Munetake. Yoshi...



  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 12

    As his clients get on in years, Kenji starts offering house call haircuts, which leads to the most emotional moment of Kenji’s career as a stylist. Shino asks for someone to split the burden of clerical work at the office and the firm ends up with ...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 13

    After the discovery of the Redface Pox vaccine, the male population of Japan has nearly recovered, and men have become used to being in public life and government again. So as the first female shogun in over 60 years, Iesada has many challenges to ov...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 14

    In Eisner-nominated Fumi Yoshinaga’s alternative history of Edo-era Japan, the men of Japan are dying out, and the women have taken up the reigns of power -- including the shogun’s seat! In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Re...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 15

    Taneatsu’s shogun Iesada has died, but unlike previous bereaved consorts, he has been denied the refuge of taking Buddhist vows. Stuck in the Inner Chambers, he has instead thrown himself into supporting the new shogun, Iemochi. But salacious rumor...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 16

    Young Iemochi’s new consort harbors a secret so scandalous that the shogunate must become involved in the deception or risk a further erosion of power. And with the dual threats of foreign incursion and imperial obstruction, Iemochi and her closest...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 14

    From the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together.

    A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life throu...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 10

    Shino gets engaged to someone unexpected, Shiro’s cooking buddy Kayoko contends with her growing family, and Shiro confronts new challenges as his parents get on in years -- and the common thread in each family unit is cooking that comes from the h...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 11

    Madam surprises Shiro with a gift that he quickly puts to good use. Shino asks Shiro for advice on how to keep her new husband fit and healthy. Kayoko invites Shiro to a cherry blossom picnic, at which Shiro is rescued from romantic disaster. Kenji g...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 12

    As his clients get on in years, Kenji starts offering house call haircuts, which leads to the most emotional moment of Kenji’s career as a stylist. Shino asks for someone to split the burden of clerical work at the office and the firm ends up with ...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 13

    Gilbert invites himself over for a hot-pot made with common-folk ingredients, and Shiro wonders if things will be weird with Kohinata. Kenji tries to put off entering his 50’s for as long as possible, until Shiro reframes the idea of birthday celeb...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 14

    Shino and Shuhei deal with busybodies worried about their health. Tabuchi figures out how make his latest girlfriend try new things in the kitchen. Shiro and Kenji meet up with Kohinata and Wataru to ring in the new year… but as the quartet of frie...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 8

    For Kenji’s birthday Shiro gifts a trip together to Kyoto, but the lawyer’s uncharacteristic spree has the easy-going hair stylist fearing the worst. Also in this volume, “brownies” enter Shiro’s lexicon and repertoire....

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 9

    For Kenji’s birthday Shiro gifts a trip together to Kyoto, but the lawyer’s uncharacteristic spree has the easy-going hair stylist fearing the worst. Also in this volume, “brownies” enter Shiro’s lexicon and repertoire....

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 17

    Prince Kazu is not the consort shogun Iemochi was expecting, but the young ruler is determined to make their relationship a good one. And despite her initial distaste for Edo and everything about it, Prince Kazu finds herself warming to her spouse. B...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 15

    A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo experience new challenges both at work and at home. While Kenji struggles to adjust to his new position at the salon, Shiro has unexpected conversations with his parents about the future. Concerns about ...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 18

    Although Prince Kazu expected to hate her life in Edo, her marriage to the shogun Iemochi unexpectedly became a source of true comfort to her. But now tragedy has destroyed her fragile happiness, and Prince Kazu must struggle alone to find some solac...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 16

    Two rather long-awaited encounters unfold in this installment of Fumi Yoshinaga’s heartwarming slice-of-gay-life series. After fifteen years of living together, Shiro meets Kenji’s family for the first time over dinner at a high-end unagi restaur...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, volume 16 Fumi

    Two rather long-awaited encounters unfold in this installment of Fumi Yoshinaga’s heartwarming slice-of-gay-life series. After fifteen years of living together, Shiro meets Kenji’s family for the first time over dinner at a high-end unagi...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday, volume 17

    From the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together.This slice-of-life series follows the ordinary lives of a middle-aged, gay couple and the ever-chang...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 17

    This slice-of-life series follows the ordinary lives of a middle-aged, gay couple and the ever-changing, delicious variety of homecooked meals they share. Shiro and Kenji are now well past their youthful years, and with a stable relationship and a st...

  • Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Vol. 19

    The new government of Japan is determined to not only end the reign of the shoguns but erase any mention of the generations of women who once ruled the country. Try as they might to rewrite history, though, they cannot erase the memories of those who...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday, volume 18

    From the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together.A hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food....

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 18

    Shiro and Kenji are now approaching their sixties, and to Kenji’s horror, Shiro has started making plans for the end of his life. Meanwhile, unforeseen circumstances at work mean that Kenji may have to give up his position as the manager and even l...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 19

    Shiro is the managing partner at a law firm, and he de-stresses every day after work by cooking with his live-in boyfriend Kenji. They've been together for almost two decades now, and while they're no longer as lovey-dovey as they used to be (they're...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday?, Volume 19

    Shiro is the managing partner at a law firm, and he de-stresses every day after work by cooking with his live-in boyfriend Kenji. They’ve been together for almost two decades now, and while they’re no longer as lovey-dovey as they used to...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 20

    Wedding bells are in the air as Gilbert/Wataru and Kohinata begin preparing for their upcoming nuptials. Pushed to his limit by the stress of finding an LGBTQ+-friendly venue and getting wedding-hot, Gilbert turns to his good friends Shiro and Kenji ...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 21

    A story that is by turns sweet, fascinating, and bitter, seasoned with all of the skill of a talented author and worth your time. - Anime News NetworkFrom the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-ye...

  • What Did You Eat Yesterday? 22

    A story that is by turns sweet, fascinating, and bitter, seasoned with all of the skill of a talented author and worth your time. - Anime News Network From the James Tripee Award Winning author, Fumi Yoshinaga, comes a casual romance between two 40-y...

  • Tamaki & Amane

    Family, romance, friendship—endless relationships tether us to the people we love. From the Edo period to modern day Japan, the postwar era to the seventies, Tamaki and Amane’s fates intertwine time and time again....

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Fumi Yoshinaga has published 78 books.

The next book by Fumi Yoshinaga, Tamaki & Amane, will be published in April 2025.

The first book by Fumi Yoshinaga, Antique Bakery, Volume 1, was published in July 2005.

Yes. Fumi Yoshinaga has 2 series.
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