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Hidezo Kondo

こんどう ひでぞう

Kondo Hidezo

ペンネーム: Kondo ShuzoUsed in early career submissions and debut

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1908-02-15 (Inariyama, Sarashina District, Nagano Prefecture, Japan (now Chikuma))
死没
1979-03-23 (Musashino Ryōen Hospital (Ekoda), Tokyo, Japan) 71歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Inariyama (now Chikuma), Nagano Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo (Asakusa, Kamiyacho, Ekoda/Nakano, etc.), Japan → Ueda, Nagano Prefecture (evacuated during WWII)

経歴

職業
manga artist, cartoonist, political cartoonist
活動期間
1929年〜1976年
所属
Yomiuri Shimbun, New Manga Faction Group (later Manga Group), New Japan Cartoonists Association (involved in founding), Japan Cartoonists Association (first chairman), Manga-sha (publisher/enterprise)
所属団体
New Manga Faction Group, New Japan Cartoonists Association, Manga Group, Japan Cartoonists Association
影響を受けた人物
Georg Grosz, Ippei Okamoto, Ryuichi Yokoyama (influence on technique)
影響を与えた人物
Tatsumi Nishikawa, Eijiro Shiota, Keiichi Makino, Yukio Sugiura, Miyotaro Sagawa

学歴

Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkō (attempted entrance; did not matriculate)
期間: 1928頃(受験を断念)
国: Japan
He attempted to enter Tokyo Bijutsu Gakkō around 1928 but lacked the required qualifications and did not enroll.

受賞歴

Medal with Purple Ribbon (Shiju Hōshō)
1974
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Third Class, Order of the Sacred Treasure
1975
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Kikuchi Kan Prize (23rd)
1975
主催: Kikuchi Kan Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Ya Konnichiwa (interview series)

1954年 essay / interview

A series of interview pieces published in the Yomiuri Shimbun with caricature illustrations; showcases Kondo's light-critical style.

caricaturesocial commentarycharacter observation

What Do People's Faces Tell?

1970年 criticism / portraiture

An essay book discussing faces and caricature; a study of portraiture from the viewpoint of an illustrator.

caricatureobservationfacial expression

Manga Research Materials Vol.2: Manga Drawing Theory (co-authored)

1935年 technique / research

A study and guide on manga drawing techniques; an important prewar resource on manga theory.

manga techniquesdrawing

Kyosai-kai (novel)

1955年 novel

A novel by Kondo, published as part of his wider writing activity beyond manga.

human relationshipshumor

全著作

  • Manga Research Materials Vol.2: Manga Drawing Theory (1935)
  • Home Science Manga (Tōei, 1942)
  • Nippon Portraits Vol.1 & 2 (Orion, 1964)
  • Ya Konnichiwa Vol.1-2 (Yomiuri Shimbun, 1954)
  • What Do People's Faces Tell? (1970)
  • Kyosai-kai (Tomobunsha, 1955)
  • Hidezo's Pilgrimage (1954)
  • Visits to Model Industrial Warriors (co-authored, 1943)
  • Understanding the Security Treaty (Manga-sha, 1969)
  • Electricity is the Heart: Considering Nuclear Power Generation (Manga-sha, 1974)

作風・主題

文体
style evolved from fine, angular pen drawings to brush-and-ink with watercolor-like touchesconcise, single-panel political satirecombined cartooning with essays and reportage
頻出モチーフ
caricatures (political figures)political and social satirehumor from the common people's perspective

健康

  • stroke (cerebrovascular disease)
    1976年(発症)
    Resulted in right-side paralysis and speech impairment; led to effective retirement
  • pneumonia
    1979年(死去)
    Died in hospital following pneumonia

評価・遺産

Hidezo Kondo was an influential political cartoonist active from the prewar through the postwar period who mentored many younger artists. His wartime activities and later involvement in political/public-relations pamphleteering made his legacy contested, though he received honors such as the Medal with Purple Ribbon and the Kikuchi Kan Prize.

記念館・博物館

  • Chikuma City Furusato Manga Museum (formerly Koshoku Furusato Manga Museum) Inariyama, Chikuma City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan

関連学会

  • Japan Cartoonists Association

資料所蔵先

  • Holdings at Chikuma City Furusato Manga Museum

大衆文化への影響

  • The Yomiuri International Manga Award included a subsidiary 'Kondo Hidezo Prize' in his name

引用

  • Manga is a pure art that combines painting and literature.
    出典: Interview/essay (based on collected remarks)
  • A writer who went with the tide; if the tide was wrong, then by writing to it one is culpable.
    出典: Autobiographical draft (found posthumously)

豆知識

  • Wore round fashion spectacles (pare of glasses) in his younger years
  • Nicknamed 'Getazo-ojisan' by Ryuichi Yokoyama's children
  • Became the first chairman of the Japan Cartoonists Association in 1964
  • Suffered a stroke in 1976 and effectively retired thereafter