Cartoonist - KAARTOONISUTO

Japanese: カートゥーニスト - かーとぅーにすと
Cartoonist - KAARTOONISUTO

...In this way, the satire of modern artists is strongly colored by poisonous criticism of the system and civilization. On the other hand, it should be noted that the 20th century was also the era of professional cartoonists (such as S. Steinberg for The New Yorker), who contributed political and social cartoons and caricatures to the journalism field such as newspapers and magazines. [Mori Yoko]
[Japan]
It is difficult to define the genre of "caricature" in premodern Japan, but caricatures that contain humor and satire have been an undercurrent of Japanese art since ancient times.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "cartoonist" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このように現代の芸術家の風刺には毒のこもった体制批判,文明批判が色濃い。他方,20世紀は新聞,雑誌などジャーナリズムの分野に政治・風俗漫画や戯画を寄稿するプロフェッショナルなカートゥーニストcartoonist(《ニューヨーカー》へのS.スタインバーグなど)の時代であることも特記すべきであろう。【森 洋子】
[日本]
 前近代の日本において〈風刺画〉というジャンルを設定することは困難だが,滑稽・風刺を含んだ戯画の歴史は古くから日本美術の底流としてあった。…

※「カートゥーニスト」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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