About Yasuo Segawa
Lived 1932 – 2010 (aged 77). Yasuo Segawa was a Japanese painter, printmaker and illustrator.
was a Japanese illustrator for children's books, born in Okazaki, Aichi.
He won the first grand prize in Biennial of Illustration Bratislava 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.
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Who was Yasuo Segawa?
Japanese illustrator (1932-2010)
When was Yasuo Segawa born?
Yasuo Segawa was born on 5 April 1932 in Okazaki.
When did Yasuo Segawa die?
Yasuo Segawa died on 18 February 2010 in Obuse.
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Yasuo Segawa was a painter, printmaker and illustrator.
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Yasuo Segawa was Japanese.
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