THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
October 7, 2022 at 19:07 JST
Illustrator Yuriko Yamawaki (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Yuriko Yamawaki, who drew the illustrations for the widely popular series of children’s books titled “Guri to Gura” (Guri and Gura), died on Sept. 29. She was 80.
She drew the pictures for the series while her older sister, Rieko Nakagawa, came up with the idea for the work about two field mice and their adventures with enormous food. The first book in the series, which has sold a total of 21.5 million copies to date, was published in 1963.
The series has been translated into a number of languages, including English, Chinese and French.
The sisters were awarded the prestigious Kikuchi Kan prize in 2013.
ANIME NEWS: ‘One Piece’ manga series tops 460 million copies in print
December 28, 2019
VOX POPULI: As I part with some books, I hope they will find a good home
August 30, 2022
Bookstore with no actual store celebrates decade of selling books
September 4, 2022
Book about A-bomb orphans from Nagasaki to hit shelves again
August 26, 2022
Mieko Kawakami fails to win 2022 International Booker Prize
May 27, 2022
Book depicts the unsung wartime heroes who saved Jewish lives
May 31, 2022
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.
A peek through the music industry’s curtain at the producers who harnessed social media to help their idols go global.
Cooking experts, chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life.
A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry
A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
