Takeo Takei

He was a children's illustrator, printmaker, book craftsman, and children's story writer. He was born in Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, and graduated from the Western Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. He started out as a children's illustrator for the picture magazine "Kodomo no Kuni" at the end of the Taisho period, but displayed an astonishingly multifaceted talent. As a children's illustrator and printmaker, he was involved in a wide range of work with his distinctive, highly deformed style of painting, and as a children's story writer, his works include "Ohanashi no Tamago," "Dr. Plague's Dream," and "King Ramram." He was also passionate about bookbinding art, creating the text, illustrations, printing, and binding all by himself, and created 139 books. He also worked hard to protect the copyrights of publishing art, and passed away at the age of 89. His works are collected in three volumes, "Takei Takeo Works," published by Chikuma Shobo, and his collection of children's illustrations and picture books includes "Books and the Surroundings."

[Shoichiro Kami]

"Books and the Surroundings" (Chuko Bunko) ▽ "Red Tall Blue Tall by Takeo Takei (1982, Shueisha)" ▽ "One Hundred and Thirty-Nine Mysterious Books - Takeo Takei's Published Works" by Shoichi Saito (1984, Bunka Publishing Bureau)

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童画家、版画家、書物工芸家、童話作家。長野県岡谷市に生まれ、東京美術学校西洋画科を卒業。大正末期に絵雑誌『コドモノクニ』の童画家として出発したが、驚くべき多面的な才能を発揮した。童画家、版画家としてはデフォルメの強い個性的な画風で多くの仕事があり、童話作家としては『お噺(はなし)の卵』『ペスト博士の夢』『ラムラム王』などの作品がある。また、本文・挿絵・印刷・造本をすべて自身で行う造本芸術にも情熱をもち、139冊の作品をつくった。出版美術の著作権擁護にも尽力し、89歳で没した。作品集に『武井武雄作品集』全三冊（筑摩書房）があり、童画・絵本論集に『本とその周辺』がある。

［上笙一郎］

『『本とその周辺』（中公文庫）』▽『武井武雄著『赤ノッポ青ノッポ』（1982・集英社）』▽『斎藤正一著『百三十九冊の不思議な本――武井武雄の刊本作品』（1984・文化出版局）』

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