Matiko Hasegawa ( 長谷川 町 子 Hasegawa Matiko ) - Japanese mangaka, known for his work Sazae-san .
| Matiko Hasegawa | |
|---|---|
 Matiko Hasegawa in 1950 | |
| Date of Birth | January 30, 1920 |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | May 27, 1992 (72 years old) |
| A place of death | |
| Citizenship | |
| Direction | mangaka |
| Famous works | Sazae-san |
| Awards | People's Honor Award ( July 28, 1992 ) |
Biography
Matiko Hasegawa was born on January 30, 1920 on Kyushu Island, in Saga Prefecture . She started drawing at the age of 2 years [1] . In 1935, her family moved to Tokyo after her father died [2] . In 1937, after graduating from school, Hasegawa began to study drawing with the artist Suiho Kawati [3] , and a year later her first manga, Tanuki no omen, was published in Shojo Club magazine [2] . Sazae-san Hasegawa began to draw manga in 1946 [4] . Initially, it was published in the Fukuoka newspaper, and then in Asahi Shimbun [2] . Thanks to this manga, Hasegawa became one of the most famous mangaka in post-war Japan [3] [5] [6] .
Although the main character of the Sazae-san manga is a married woman, Hasegawa herself did not get married during her lifetime [1] . Together with her older sister, she organized her own publishing company Shimaisha [2] . She died on May 27, 1992. For her manga, the Sazae-san mangaka was posthumously awarded the Prime Minister of Japan Prize [1] . The Art Museum of Matiko Hasegawa [7] was opened in her honor.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Nielsen, Suzanne. The Wonderful World of Machiko Hasegawa . Slow Trains (2006). Date of treatment October 17, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Kirkup, James. Obituary: Hasegawa Machiko . The Independent (October 23, 2011). Date of treatment October 17, 2015.
- ↑ 1 2 Schilling, 1997 , p. 226.
- ↑ Schilling, 1997 , p. 225.
- ↑ Sugimoto, 2003 , p. 250.
- ↑ Ivanov, 2001 , p. 49.
- ↑ 長谷川 町 子 美術館 (Japanese) . "Art Museum of Matiko Hasegawa." Date of treatment October 17, 2015.
Literature
- in Russian
- Ivanov B. A. Introduction to Japanese animation. - 2nd ed. - M .: Cinema Development Fund; ROF "Eisenstein Center for Film Culture Research", 2001. - 396 p. - ISBN 5-901631-01-3 .
- in English
- Schilling, Mark. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture . - Weatherhill, 1997 .-- 343 p. - ISBN 978-0-83-480380-0 .
- Sugimoto, Yoshio. An Introduction to Japanese Society . - 2nd ed. - Cambridge University Press, 2003. - 316 p. - ISBN 978-0-52-152925-9 .