Artist – Takaaki NOMURA (野村敬明), born 1949, is a Japanese printmaker, illustrator and author of childrens books. Some of them with text appearing in Japanese and English. Of interest especially for its handsome woodcuts of the village scene. The most successful in the Western hemisphere was Grandpa's Town ("Ojiichan no machi","おじいちゃんのまち"), a simple story about a little boy who is worried that his widowed grandfather is lonely--until he goes with him to a public bath and realizes how many friends Grandpa has, including a detailed depiction of men and boys of all ages chatting as they go through the bath's routine. Among other books are "Grandma on the veranda" ("Baachan no engawa", "ばあちゃんのえんがわ //"), "The Frog of the Earthenware Teapot" ("Kaeru no dobin", "かえるのどびん"), "Grandma's bean cake" ("Obaachan no ohagi", "おばあちゃんのおはぎ") and "Yamano Station" ("Yama no eki", "やまのえき").


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