So excited my pre-order of 8 Million Ways to Happiness by the amazing Hiroko Yoda just arrived - can't wait to dive in & @hirokoyoda.bsky.social Hiroko-san will be a guest on #seeksustainablejapan talkshow after her book & talk tour she's on now
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Snow Country: Yasunari Kawabata Translated from Japanese by Edward G. SeidenstickerPublished by Penguin, 1956, 121 pages. Original version published in 1948. Shimamura takes a train to a town in the mountains of Japan. It is cold…

This week's #bookreview: Yasunari Kawabata's Snow Country, a dreamlike book about the relationship between a wealthy man and a geisha. With a strong sense of place. Translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. #fiction #japaneseauthor @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
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Just finished this beautiful book. My third book this year by a Japanese author and about to start my fourth.

#books #novels #japaneseauthor #fiction

進行中の絵本挿絵の見本。漆黒の描き方を刷新💡原画と画像では、大きく差が出ました。光の輝きに使った色がとんでしまって残念。

#深山まや #mayamiyama
#イラストレーター
#絵本挿絵
#サンプルイラストレーション
#illustrator
#picturebookillustration
#childrensbookillustration
#sampleillustration
#japaneseauthor
#japanesepublisher

絵本挿絵の初期段階のスケッチより。

#深山まや #mayamiyama
#イラストレーター
#挿絵 #絵本挿絵
#初期段階のスケッチ
#illustrator
#picturebookillustration
#childrensbookillustration
#sketch
#earlystagedrawing
#japaneseauthor #japanesepublisher

絵本挿絵のウォーミングアップスケッチ。
人物を描く際、デッサンが狂いがちなので画面を回転させたり合わせ鏡で確認しながら進めます。

#深山まや #mayamiyama
#イラストレーター
#挿絵 #絵本挿絵
#ウォーミングアップスケッチ
#illustrator
#picturebookillustration
#childrensbookillustration
#sketch
#japaneseauthor #japanesepublisher