About Eiji Ikeda
Lived 1889 – 1950 (aged 61). Eiji Ikeda was a Japanese mangaka.
Eiji Ikeda (15 October 1889 - 30 December 1950) was a Japanese cartoonist, painter, illustrator, and haiga artist.
Life Born in Kiyamachi, Kyoto in 1889 and raised in Osaka. Beginning at age 7, he trained with his father as a woodblock printer. After graduating high school, he continued this work, apprenticing at a print and plate company. In 1930, he began serializing his best known work, the comic strip Pichibe, in the Yomiuri Shimbun.
After studying haiga under the artist from 1916-1918, Ikeda became deeply interested in the form. He created a hybrid haiga comic strip called, "Haiku Masterpieces, Turned into Manga" for the Yomiuri Sunday Manga supplement of the Yomiuri Shimbun.
In 1935, he began teaching at the Reformed Pacific School of Fine Arts.
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Who was Eiji Ikeda?
Japanese mangaka (1889–1950)
When was Eiji Ikeda born?
Eiji Ikeda was born on 1 November 1889 in Kyoto Prefecture.
When did Eiji Ikeda die?
Eiji Ikeda died on 30 December 1950.
What was Eiji Ikeda's occupation?
Eiji Ikeda was a mangaka.
What nationality was Eiji Ikeda?
Eiji Ikeda was Japanese.
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