Taizō Yokoyama

Taizō Yokoyama (jap. 横山 泰 三, Yokoyama Taizō, born February 28, 1917 in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan, † June 10, 2007 in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) was a Japanese cartoonist and cartoonist

His career as a professional artist started Yokoyama in the post-war period, influenced by his older brother Ryūichi, who was also a comic artist

In 1950 he landed his first success with the comic strip series Pūsan (プ ー サ ン), which he created for the newspaper Mainichi Shimbun. For Pūsan, he received the Kikuchi Kan Prize in 1954. Kon Ichikawa converted Yokoyama's stories around Pūsan in 1953 as a real movie. In 1954 the artist began his cartoon series Shakai Gihyō (社会 戯 評). For 39 years, until 1992, he drew over 13,500 cartoons for the newspaper Asahi Shimbun.

He died of pneumonia at the age of 90 years in 2007 Weblinks Edit sourcetext Standard data (person): LCCN: no2010069143 NDL: 00096395 | VIAF: 120595821 | Wikipedia People Search

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