A long-form story drawn in omnibus format by manga artist Kaoru Mori, ‘The Bride’s Stories’ depicts the lives of nomads and settlers living in Central Asia in the mid-19th Century, focusing on their ‘brides’.
It began serialization in 2008 and is currently published in the manga magazine Aokishi (Kadokawa). 13 volumes have been published to date, and from 2021 a ‘wide edition’ comic that can be read in a size close to the original manuscript has also been published.
In addition to winning the grand prize at the 2014 Manga Awards, it has been translated for international markets and has won a variety of domestic and international awards.

Born in 1978, Mori debuted with the manga ‘Emma’ in Monthly Comic Beam (Enterbrain).
Known as ‘maid lover’, the story of ‘Emma’ does not depict the kinds of maids seen today in maid cafes and cosplay, but rather, faithfully portrays the maids of 1800s Victorian England based on historical research.
The popular work was adapted into an anime in 2005. An extra edition was published in 2006, and ‘Emma’ won the 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival’s Manga Division Excellence Award.
‘The Bride’s Stories’ began serialization from October 2008.

The exhibition ‘The Bride’s Stories by Kaoru Mori’ has been recognized as a ‘commemorative project of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Japan and the five Central Asian nations.’ This commemorates the 30th year anniversary in 2022 of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and the five Central Asian nations, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. This recognition has been authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and the official logo was designed by Kaoru Mori.