Hinako Sugiura

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Hinako Sugiura ( Japanese 杉 浦 日 向 子 , Sugiura Hinako ; born November 30, 1958 in Tokyo ; † July 22, 2005 in Kashiwa ) was a Japanese mangaka (comic artist) who mainly dealt with the culture of the Edo period (1603-1867 ) dealt. Her real name was Junko Suzuki ( 鈴木 順子 , Suzuki Junko ).

She grew up with a great sense of tradition in a family of kimono makers in Tokyo. Sugiura studied design at the Faculty of Arts at Nihon University in Tokyo and became increasingly interested in ancient Japan. She was inspired by Shōhei Kusunoki's comics that she read during her studies to depict the Edo period in picture sequences. Eventually she dropped out of school to study with Shisei Inagaki , a writer devoted to the Edo period, and was an assistant to the manga artist Murasaki Yamada .

She made her debut as a manga artist in 1980 with Tsugen Muro kore Ume in the alternative manga magazine Garo , for which she drew other comics in the 1980s. Together with Yōko Kondo and Murasaki Yamada, it was considered one of the "three young women of the Garo " ( ガロ三人娘 , Garo Sannin Musume ) For Gassó she received in 1984 the Prize of the Association of Japanese cartoonist for Fūryū Edo Suzume 1988 Bungei-Bunshū -Manga price . Her series Sarusuberi , which appeared in Manga Sunday magazine from 1983 to 1988 , is about Hokusai , his daughter Oei and their different views on art.

In 1993 she left her profession as a draftsman to devote more time to writing about the Edo period. She wrote several books and also appeared in the media as an expert on this section of history. For example, she made a comment after every episode of the television series Comedy: O-Edo de Gozaru , which is set in the Edo period. Suffering from cancer, Sugiura dropped out of Comedy: O-Edo de Gozaru . She died on July 22, 2005 at the age of 46 in a hospital in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture .

Sugiura, who was married to the writer and screenwriter Hiroshi Aramata for half a year , was one of the few mangaka of the 20th century who drew using the ukiyo-e technique. Your work has been translated into French.

Works

  • Tsugen Muro kore Ume ( 虚 々 実 々 通 言 室 之 梅 , 1980)
  • Gassō ( 合葬 , 1983, 1 volume)
  • Sarusuberi (百日 紅 , 1983–1988, 3 volumes)
  • Edo e yōkoso ( 江 戸 へ よ う こ そ , 1986, 1 volume)
  • Futatsu makura ( 二 つ 枕 , 1986, 1 volume)
  • Fūryū Edo Suzume ( 風流 江 戸 雀 , 1987, 1 volume)
  • Yasuji Tōkyō (YASUJI 東京 , 1988, 1 volume)
  • Hyaku Monogatari ( 百 物語 , 1988–1993, 3 volumes)
  • Higashi no Eden ( 東 の エ デ ン , 1989, 1 volume)

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SURNAME Sugiura, Hinako
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 杉 浦 日 向 子 (Japanese); Suzuki Junko (real name); 鈴木 順子 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION japanese mangaka
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo
DATE OF DEATH July 22, 2005
Place of death Kashiwa