Tagawa Suiho

Painter and manga artist. His real name was Takamizawa Nakataro. His pen name was written as Tagawa Suiho (Takamisawa), a play on his real surname, and was later pronounced Tagawa Suiho (Tagawa Suiho). He was born in Honjo, Tokyo, and graduated from the private Japan Art School. He joined the avant-garde art movement MAVO, but to make a living he serialized a children's story manga called Norakuro in Shonen Club, which became popular and led to him becoming a manga artist. Norakuro (10 volumes in total), which tells the story of a stray dog ​​named Kurokichi who joins the army and progresses through the grades despite repeated failures, is considered to have established narrative manga in Japan. His other works include Tako no Hachi-chan and Dekoboko Kurobei.

[Shoichiro Kami]

"The Complete Works of Norakuro Manga, 10 volumes (1969, Kodansha)" ▽ "The Complete Works of Norakuro Continues, 5 volumes (1979-81, Kodansha)" ▽ "Norakuro Autobiography by Tagawa Suiho (1976, Kojinsha)" ▽ "Norakuro Alone by Takamizawa Junko (1983, Kojinsha)"

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画家、漫画家。本名は高見沢仲太郎。筆名は、本姓をもじって田河水泡(たかみさわ)と書き、のちに田河水泡(たがわすいほう)と読むことにした。東京の本所に生まれ、私立日本美術学校を卒業。前衛美術運動MAVOに参加したが、生計のため『少年倶楽部(くらぶ)』に子供向きの物語漫画『のらくろ』を連載、これが人気を得て漫画家となった。のら犬の黒吉が軍隊に入り、失敗を重ねながらも進級していくという筋の『のらくろ』（全10冊）は、日本における物語漫画の確立作とされている。そのほか『蛸(たこ)の八ちゃん』『凸凹(でこぼこ)黒兵衛』などの作品もある。

［上笙一郎］

『『のらくろ漫画全集』全10巻（1969・講談社）』▽『『続のらくろ漫画全集』全五巻（1979～81・講談社）』▽『田河水泡著『のらくろ自叙伝』（1976・光人社）』▽『高見沢潤子著『のらくろひとりぼっち』（1983・光人社）』

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