Machiko Hasegawa

Machiko Hasegawa
Hasegawa in August 1950
Born(1920-01-30)January 30, 1920
DiedMay 27, 1992(1992-05-27) (aged 72)
NationalityJapanese
OccupationManga artist
Known forSazae-san
AwardsSee below
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Machiko Hasegawa (Japanese: 長谷川 町子, January 30, 1920 – May 27, 1992) was a Japanese manga artist and one of the first female manga artists. Hasegawa's most popular comic is Sazae-San. Her comics are still very popular and well-known. She won the People's Honor Award. She was the first manga artist to win the People’s Honor Award. Hasegawa also has two museums named after her.

Sazae-san

Sazae-san was a popular postwar comic strip depicting the life of Sazae-san, a fictional Japanese housewife. The manga was first drawn in 1946. It also depicts women and men equally. Sazae-San became nationally popular because of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Sazae-San was turned into a radio series in 1955. It has 45 paper volumes. It was also translated into English. It started appearing on TV in 1969. Sazae-San is still airing today.

References

  1. ↑ Schodt, Frederik L. (1985). "Reading the Comics". The Wilson Quarterly. 9 (3): 64. JSTOR 40256891.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Hasegawa Machiko | Japan Module". www.japanpitt.pitt.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  3. 1 2 3 Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities. "Hasegawa Machiko: 1920-1992, born: Saga City, Kyushu, Japan" Archived 2021-12-20 at the Wayback Machine. Occupied Japan 1945 - 1952: Gender, Class, Race. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  4. 1 2 3 Shinobu TakahashiYomiuri "Lets go to the museum / Museum commemorates 'Sazae-san' creator." Japan News, The Tokyo Japan 8 Sept. 2021 Retrieved: 2020- 12- 15
  5. ↑ Garon, Sheldon (2000). "Luxury is the Enemy: Mobilizing Savings and Popularizing Thrift in Wartime Japan". Journal of Japanese Studies. 26 (1): 71. doi:10.2307/133391. JSTOR 133391.

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