Yokoyama Ryuuichi
Yokoyama Memorial Manga Museum Ryuuichi Yokoyama was a Japanese mangaka and anime director, picture book author, essayist, sculptor and painter. He was the son of silk wholesalers, grew up in Kochi and left for Tokyo after finishing junior-high school. In Tokyo he was an apprentice to sculptor Hakuun Motoyama. Inspired by manga published in magazines such as Shin-seinen, he began to draw manga during his free time. He submitted his work to the magazines and before he knew it he was a regular contributor. Soon he was able to earn a living from drawing illustrations and manga for magazines. His Edokko Ken-chan, running since 1936 in the Asahi Shinbun’s Tokyo edition, had been one of the first manga to be adapted into a live-action film (1937). The titular Ken was an average Japanese boy, although readers favoured the antics of a supporting cast member, a mischievous street urchin called Fukuyama Fukutarou. As the star of the spin-off Fuku-chan, running in the Asahi Shinbun’s national edition from October 1936, the character would find enduring fame in manga form until 1971, becoming the mascot of Waseda University and, in the war years, being put to militarist use. The series was adapted for film, television and animation, became a national favorite and was awarded the first Children Culture Prize by the Japan Culture Association. It influenced many manga artists of the next…
Yokoyama Ryuuichi is credited as an author on 1 readable work in this catalogue, with publication years from 1936 to 1936.
Common themes in this collection include 4-koma, Comedy, Slice of Life.
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