Such a scene is reproduced in the pencil drawing “Getting Free Supper, Fukuroi,” which dates to 1954. Also shown in the heartwarming title is the kindness of people in the Showa Era (1926-1989 ...

I also devoted myself to creating sticky gloss and delicate contrasts of light and shade ... Umezu’s manga that my older sisters liked. I started painting horror doodles with a pencil when ...