Machiko Hasegawa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Machiko Hasegawa

Japanese manga artist

Date of Birth: 30-Jan-1920

Place of Birth: Taku, Japan

Date of Death: 27-May-1992

Profession: writer, mangaka, illustrator

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Machiko Hasegawa

  • Machiko Hasegawa (?????, Hasegawa Machiko), January 30, 1920 – May 27, 1992, in Taku, Saga Prefecture) was one of the first female manga artists.She started her own comic strip, Sazae-san, in 1946.
  • It reached national circulation via the Asahi Shimbun in 1949, and ran daily until Hasegawa decided to retire in February 1974.
  • All of her comics were printed in Japan in digest comics; by the mid-1990s, Hasegawa's estate had sold over 60 million copies in Japan alone.

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