Akaba Suekichi
Akaba Suekichi ( Japanese 赤 羽 末 吉 ; born May 3, 1910 in Tokyo , Japan ; † June 8, 1990 ) was a Japanese illustrator .
In 1931 he moved to Manchuria , where he stayed until 1947. There he worked in industry, but practiced drawing and painting in his free time. Back in Japan, he started working for the American embassy in Tokyo.
Inspired by Motai Takeshi's Serohiki no Gōshu , he decided to become a book illustrator himself. In 1961 he published his first picture book, Kasa Jizō ( か さ じ ぞ う ) , playing in a winter area . This book, like most of his subsequent illustration works, was based on a legend. More than 20 other books followed, including Momotarō ( も も た ろ う ) in 1965.
Akaba won the Hans Christian Andersen Prize in 1980 , for which he was nominated in 1978.
Web links
- Biography at the Japanese Board on Books for Young People (English)
- Biography and list of some of his works (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento from April 1, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akaba, Suekichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 赤 羽 末 吉 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 3, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1990 |