Okamoto Ippei

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Okamoto Ippei

Okamoto Ippei ( Japanese 岡本 一 平 ; born June 11, 1886 in Hakodate ; † October 11, 1948 ) was a Japanese manga artist and cartoonist .

biography

After studying fine arts in Tokyo under Kubota Beisen and working as a theater decorator, he began a career as a cartoonist in 1912 for the Asahi Shimbun newspaper and later for several other magazines. His caricatures took on political and social issues. Among other things, he illustrated parliamentary reports. In addition, he created comic strips for children and as a writer some essays and novels (including Fuji wa Sakaku from 1927). His works for various magazines include Tanpō Gashu (1913), Kanraku (1914), Match no Bou (1915), Monomiyusan (1916) and Nakimushi Dera no Yawa (1921).

After drawing Nakimushi Dera no Yawa , Okamoto traveled to the United States. For Asahi Shimbun he wrote articles about the importance of comics in America. He also described the two comic strips Bringing Up Father and Mutt and Jeff in detail. These articles resulted in Asahi first publishing American comic strips in November 1923 in a newly founded weekly magazine.

From 1929 to 1930, most of his works were successfully reissued under the title Ippei Zenshū in a 15-volume complete edition.

In 1910 he married the author Ōnuki Kano (1889–1939). Their son Tarō (1911-1996) emerged from the marriage, an avant-garde painter.

meaning

Together with Kitazawa Rakuten , Okamoto was largely responsible for promoting American comic strips and the style that characterizes them in Japan. Both took this as inspiration for their own work and laid the foundations for subsequent Japanese cartoonists and comic strip artists. Among others, Kondō Hidezō , Miyao Shigeo and Sugiura Yukio were Okamoto's students. Frederik L. Schodt described the work of Okamoto and Kitazawa as follows: "Until Kitazawa and Okamoto emerged, caricature drawing was something that was done as a sideline by those whose aim was to achieve success as 'serious' artists."

Web links

Commons : Okamoto Ippei  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.sarugallery.com/japanese_paintings/artists/okamoto_ippei.html
  2. ↑ a b c Jaqueline Berndt : Phenomenon Manga . edition q, Berlin 1995. p. 187. ISBN 3-86124-289-3 .
  3. ↑ a b Frederik L. Schodt: Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics . Kodansha America, 1983, ISBN 0-870-11752-1 , p. 43.
  4. ↑ Chronology. Taro Okamoto Museum of Art, accessed August 28, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Schodt, p. 42.
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Okamoto is the family name, Ippei the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Okamoto, Ippei
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 岡本 一 平 (Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese manga artist and caricaturist
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Hakodate
DATE OF DEATH October 11, 1948