Early Mangaka
Miyatake Gaikotsu (1867-1955)
Miyatake was a famous satirist who used humorous paintings and writing to attack the government. For example, he published a painting of the signing of the Japanese Constitution that portrayed the Emperor as a skeleton.
Resources in the Ohio State Library
Miyatake Gaikotsu : minken e no kodawari by Yoshino Takao
Miyatake Gaikotsu kononaka ni ari : zasshi shūsei by Miyatake, Gaikotsu
Hyōden Miyatake Gaikotsu by Kimoto Itaru cho
Web Resources
Okamoto Ippei (1886-1948)
After completing his studies of Fine Arts in Tokyo, Okamoto published cartoons in Asahi Shinbun that commented on political and social subjects. He collaborated with several other magazines before traveling around the world and bringing back American influences to Japan.
Resources in the Ohio State Library
Okamoto Ippei manga manbunshū by Shimizu Isao hen
Gifu no okamoto ippei : seikazoku kara no kaihō by Kurono Kōki
Web Resources
Tagawa Suiho (1899-1989)
Tagawa's more famous work is "Private Second Class Norakuro," a story about a black and white dog in a dog army. The series gained immense popularity and Tagawa is regarded as one of the pioneers of the manga industry.
Resources in the Ohio State Library
"Manga, kindai, hito, jiken" ten : Tagawa Suihō korekushon by henshū Machida Shiritsu Hakubutsukan
Norakuro jijoden by Tagawa Suihō
Web Resources
Drawing on history: Tagawa Suiho and early Japanese manga culture
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