Mangaka
Machiko Hasegawa
長谷川町子Biography
Machiko Hasegawa was a pioneering manga artist who began Sazae-san in 1946. The strip reached national circulation in 1949 and later became a long-running anime. She received the People's Honor Award and a posthumous Special Prize at the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and is also credited as creator of Ijiwaru Baa-san.
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