Curated category
Japanese illustrators
- Okamoto IppeiOn the 11th of June 1886, Okamoto Ippei entered a world shaped by strict tradition. He was the second son of Katei Okamoto, a scholar devoted to Confucian…
- Mitsuyo SeoMitsuyo Seo began his career painting signs for businesses in Japan. He moved from that trade into animation by working at a toy film company.
- Makoto ShinkaiMakoto Shinkai was born in Koumi, Nagano. His family runs a construction company. He studied Japanese literature at Chuo University.
- Yoji ShinkawaYoji Shinkawa was born in Hiroshima on the 25th of December 1971. He grew up in a city that had witnessed immense destruction decades earlier, yet he found…