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Yasuo Segawa (瀬川 康男, Segawa Yasuo, 5 April 1932 – 18 February 2010) was a Japanese illustrator for children's books, born in Okazaki, Aichi.
Yasuo Segawa | |
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瀬川康男 | |
Born | Segawa Yasuo 5 April 1932 Okazaki, Aichi, Japan |
Died | 18 February 2010 Obuse, Nagano, Japan | (aged 77)
Nationality | Japanese |
Education | Aichi Prefectural Okazaki North High School |
Known for | Illustration, printmaking, picturebook author, |
Awards | Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (1967 inaugural recipient) |
He won the first grand prize in Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1967 for Taro and the Bamboo Shoot (ふしぎな たけのこ, Fushigina Takenoko) written by Masako Matsuno.[citation needed]
Segawa died on 18 October 2010 of rectal cancer at a hospital in Obuse, Nagano.[1]
Works edit
One of his books for babies is Peek-a-Boo (いないないばあ, Inai Inai Baa), published in 1967, which became a long seller in Japan, with more than 4,500,000 copies sold.[1]
- Taro and the Bamboo Shoot (ふしぎな たけのこ, Fushigina Takenoko), text by Masako Matsuno
- "Peek-a-Boo" (いないないばあ), "Smily Face"(いいおかお), "Sleepy Time"(みんなねんね) (R.I.C. Story Chest) RIC Publications; Har/Com版 2006, text by Miyoko Matsutani. Translation by Mia Lynn Perry[2]
References edit
- ^ a b 「いない いない ばあ」の瀬川康男さん死去 [Yasuo Segawa of "Peek-a-Boo" fame dies]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
- ^ I. R. C. Publications http://www.ricpublications.com/picturebook/index.html