Katana of Gion Art Book Project

Garons, France – Cécile has launched a funding campaign using the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter effective October 27, 2016.
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A massive Art Book: Over 100 pages depicting in detail the world of Katana of Gion, bringing together all its characters and places
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She is targeting to raise €15,783 the fund raised will be used for the creation and production of the Katana of Gion "Encyclopedia" Art Book.

This Story centers around Saionji Akirako, a 15 year-old girl who has just been titled samurai, head of her family and ruler of the 17th century Gion, Kyoto's most famous Geisha District.

The Saionji Family has an unusual Story: The women are heirs and victims of a curse, decreed by the first Shogun. The latter, to reward the bravery of his friend Saionji in combat, had allowed his daughter to become heir to the title and a samurai, but the first Saionji heiresses forged a katana, as a gift to the shogun's wife, who then killed herself with it. Thus, the shogun took revenge by casting a curse on this katana: The heirs who receive it would become insane and die in agony.

Akirako is the current heir and she has a forbidden love affair with Chinatsu, a geisha that abandoned her position to live with her in Gion. Akirako will soon receive the cursed katana and will live her terrible fate. How will she bear this curse? Surrounded by her friends? The story, including three volumes and a sketchbook, has been developed since 2008.

Cécile Khalifa is French doctor in medieval history, passionate by the Ancient Story of Japan. Her motivation is to improve the image of the Geisha, by debunking the clichés that plague those true artists. Cécile has been travelling to numerous conventions to spread the word about her project, such as: Japan Expo (2011, 2012 & 2016), Thursday of Nîme (August 2011), Mangazur (April 2016), Polymanga (March 2016), Quai des Bulles (October 2015) and Lill'Otaku (October 2016).

In July 2016 the Project was featured in the Magazine "Art of Japan" in the Article "Photoshop Advanced Series" and includes an interview with Cécile.

With just 17 days left in this campaign, your support is urgently needed! Please look at all the rewards they have for those who make a contribution.  Please consider getting involved, at whatever level you can, and help "Katana of Gion" get funded!

Need your help

If you can't afford to donate, don't worry - there are plenty of other ways you can help. Please take some time to share this campaign across your social networks and encourage your friends and family to donate.

For more information about Katana of Gion, please visit: www.katanaofgion.com

If you want to support this project, you can do so by donating on their Kickstarter page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1556717624/katana-of...

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