Studied to be a stage artist while giving lectures on the history of western clothing at a dress designers' school.
| 1929 | |
Born and grew up in Kyoobashi, Tokyo. | |
| 1950 | |
Graduated from Waseda University Industrial Art Institute Studied to be a stage artist while giving lectures on the history of western clothing at a dress designers' school. |
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| 1953 | |
Obtained permission to go abroad. At that time it was extremely difficult to obtain such permission. After WWII the authorities did not allow any US dollars to be exported so I left Japan without any money and I was the first Japanese to travel around the world for three years without carrying any money. | |
| 1957 | |
Set up the first color photo design exhibition using a newly developed Japanese printing paper. I became the first "art director" in Japan. Worked with Rokusuke Ei for the Asahi Graph. Mr. Ei wrote the essays and I drew illustrations. A term "Irasuto" was coined from "illustration" by me and this became a vogue expression. I became the first illustrator in Japan and have worked in this field since then | |
| 1976 | |
Awarded the Publication Culture Prize by Kodansha | |
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