was a Japanese illustrator for children's books, born in
Okazaki, Aichi
is a city located in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 386,999 in 164,087 households, and a population density of 999 persons per km². The total area of the city was .
Geography
Okazaki is in the coastal plains o ...
.
He won the first grand prize in
Biennial of Illustration Bratislava
The Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (BIB) is one of the oldest international honours for children's book illustrators. First granted in 1967 to Yasuo Segawa (Japan), it is one of the more prestigious children's book awards today, along with t ...
in 1967 for written by Masako Matsuno.
Segawa died on 18 October 2010 of rectal cancer at a hospital in
Obuse, Nagano.
Works
One of his books for babies is , published in 1967, which became a long seller in Japan, with more than 4,500,000 copies sold.
* , text by Masako Matsuno
*"Peek-a-Boo" (いないないばあ), "Smily Face"（いいおかお）, "Sleepy Time"（みんなねんね） (R.I.C. Story Chest) RIC Publications; Har/Com版 2006, text by
Miyoko Matsutani. Translation by Mia Lynn Perry
[I. R. C. Publications http://www.ricpublications.com/picturebook/index.html]
References
External links
Yasuo Segawa at J'Lit Books from Japan
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Japanese illustrators
2010 deaths
1932 births
People from Okazaki, Aichi