''Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey'', known in Japan as , is an
autobiographical
An autobiography, sometimes informally called an autobio, is a self-written account of one's own life.
It is a form of biography.
Definition
The word "autobiography" was first used deprecatingly by William Taylor in 1797 in the English peri ...
manga series written and illustrated by
Akiko Higashimura. It was serialized in
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
's monthly manga magazine ''
Cocohana'' from 2011 to 2015 and collected in five volumes. The series is licensed in English by
Seven Seas Entertainment
Seven Seas Entertainment is an American publishing company located in Los Angeles, California. It was originally dedicated to the publication of original English-language manga, but now publishes licensed manga and light novels from Japan, as w ...
.
Publication
The individual chapters, referred to as "canvases", were serialized in ''Cocohana'' magazine between the inaugural January 2012 issue (sold on November 28, 2011) and the March 2015 issue (sold on January 28, 2015). They were later published by Shueisha in five volumes. The third, fourth, and fifth volumes also included bonus "sketchbook" chapters.
Reception
The series was number five on the 2013 and 2014 Top 20 Manga for Female Readers surveys and number seven on the 2015 survey. It was number four in the 2013
Comic Natalie
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Grand Prize. In 2015, it won the eighth
Manga Taishō Award, and was awarded the grand prize in the manga division by
Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs at the 19th
Japan Media Arts Festival
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Based on judging by a ...
.
Volume 2 sold 49,232 copies as of June 2013 and volume 3 sold 47,446 copies as of February 2014.
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Art in anime and manga
Autobiographical anime and manga
Josei manga
Manga creation in anime and manga
Manga Taishō
Seven Seas Entertainment titles
Shueisha manga
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