Machiko Hasegawa
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| Machiko Hasegawa | |
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 Hasegawa in August 1950 |
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| Born | January 30, 1920 |
| Died | May 27, 1992 (aged 72) |
| Cause of death | Heart failure |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Known for | Sazae-san |
Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川町子 Hasegawa Machiko), January 30, 1920 – May 27, 1992, in Taku, Saga Prefecture) was one of the first female manga artists.
She started her own comic strip, Sazae-san, in 1946. It reached national circulation via the Asahi Shimbun in 1949,[1] and ran daily until Hasegawa decided to retire in February 1974. All of her comics were printed in Japan in digest comics; by the mid-1990s, Hasegawa's estate had sold over 60 million copies in Japan alone.
Her comic strip was turned into a dramatic radio series in 1955 and a weekly animated series in 1969, which is still running as of 2011.
Selected comics were translated into English, under the title The Wonderful World of Sazae-san.
She received People's Honor Award in 1992. [2]
[edit] Death
She died of heart failure at the age of 72 on May 27, 1992.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "沿革：朝日新聞社インフォメーション" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. http://www.asahi.com/shimbun/history.html. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
- ^ "People's Honor Award" (in Japanese). Cabinet Office. http://www8.cao.go.jp/intro/kunsho/eiyosho.html. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
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