Machiko Hasegawa

Retrieved: 2020- 12- 15 She was the first manga artist to win the People’s Honor Award. Hasegawa also has two museums named after her.

 Sazae-san 
Sazae-san was a popular postwar comic strip depicting the life of Sazae-san, a fictional Japanese housewife. The manga was first drawn in 1946. It also depicts women and men equally. Sazae-San became nationally popular because of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Sazae-San was turned into a radio series in 1955. It has 45 paper volumes. It was also translated into English. It started appearing on TV in 1969. Sazae-San is still airing today.

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 長谷川町子 - Kotobank

Category:1920 births
Category:1992 deaths
Category:Japanese manga artists