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Shuhei Hasegawa

はせがわ しゅうへい

Hasegawa Shuhei

ペンネーム: ShuheeName/alias used in musical activities and online, Tokusabunko (imprint)Imprint name used for self-published Kindle/e-books

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1955-04-19 (Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Himeji, Hyōgo (birth / childhood) → Tokyo (during and after university) → Nagasaki (moved 1991–)

経歴

職業
picture-book author, singer-songwriter, writer, illustrator, critic, visiting professor
活動期間
1976年〜
所属
Kyoto University of Art and Design (visiting professor, 2002–2018)
影響を受けた人物
Takeshi Matsumoto, Yoshitomo Imae
影響を与えた人物

学歴

Hyogo Prefectural Himeji Higashi High School
国: Japan
Musashino Art University
国: Japan
Dropped out

受賞歴

Sosaku Ehon Newcomer Award
1976
対象作品: I Hate Hasegawa-kun
主催: Subaru Publishing (sponsor)
結果: 受賞
Bologna Children's Book Fair — Graphic Prize
1988
対象作品: Present (illustrated by Yasunari Murakami)
主催: Bologna Children's Book Fair
結果: 受賞
Akai Tori Literary Prize
1990
対象作品: The Invisible Picture Book
主催: Akai Tori Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Rohou no Ishi Literary Prize
1992
対象作品: Stone and Diamond / Pencil Drawing Koike-san
主催: Rohou no Ishi Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Japan Picture Book Award
2007
対象作品: To You Who've Never Hit a Home Run
主催: Japan Picture Book Award Committee
結果: 受賞
Himeji City Arts and Culture Award
2012
主催: Himeji City
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (Grand Prize)
2015
対象作品: You'd Better Not Know (illustrator)
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 大賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

I Hate Hasegawa-kun

1976年 picture book

Debut picture book that boldly frames a slice of Japanese life from a child's perspective.

child's perspectivesocial issueshumor and satire

The Invisible Picture Book

1989年 picture book / experimental fiction

An experimental work that questions the form of picture books, prompting reconsideration of the relationship between story and image.

boundaries of expressionstory-image relationship

To You Who've Never Hit a Home Run

2006年 picture book (sports)

A picture book themed on baseball, depicting growth and challenge with humor and warmth.

growing upchallengesports and friendship

Trigoras

1978年 picture book

One of his early representative works, attracting readers with a distinctive narrative voice and illustrations.

oddities of everyday lifeimagination

全著作

  • I Hate Hasegawa-kun (1976)
  • Days of Catching Dragonflies (1977)
  • Trigoras (1978)
  • The Invisible Picture Book (1989)
  • To You Who've Never Hit a Home Run (2006)
  • Fire (2020)

作風・主題

文体
concise, strong interplay of images and wordscombination of humor and sharp social observationpractice of montage-like techniques in picture books
頻出モチーフ
fragments of everyday lifeintersection of child/adult perspectivesslices of social issues and memorynostalgia and irony

評価・遺産

An author who expanded the possibilities of picture-book expression. He has a wide readership from children to adults and influenced younger creators through practical books on picture-book making and lectures.

豆知識

  • Won the 3rd Sosaku Ehon Newcomer Award in 1976 for his debut work "I Hate Hasegawa-kun."
  • Reportedly drank milk contaminated in the Morinaga arsenic milk incident during childhood.
  • Film director Kirio Urayama is his uncle.
  • Served as a visiting professor at Kyoto University of Art and Design from 2002 to 2018.
  • Publishes e-books under the imprint 'Tokusabunko' on Kindle.