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Jan 26, 2021
Japanese artist and children’s book author-illustrator Mitsumasa Anno, known for his highly detailed illustrations containing visual tricks, humorous elements, and math concepts, died on December 24. He was 94.
Anno was born March 20, 1926, in Shimane Prefecture, in western Japan. He grew up in Tsuwano, a small town surrounded by mountains, where his talent for drawing and an aptitude for mathematics began to shine, and where his dream of becoming an artist first took root.
In a 1983
Horn Book interview, Anno noted that even as a young boy he had always longed to journey beyond the isolation of his small community. “Because my world was cut off from the outside world, first by the mountains and then by the ocean, the desire to go and see what lay on the other side grew stronger,” he said. Anno got his first opportunity to leave home and explore when he attended a regional high school where he studied art and drawing. He would later document impressions of
Painter Mitsumasa Anno (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Celebrated painter and illustrator Mitsumasa Anno, whose landscape drawings in pale watercolors and playful picture books earned him international awards and acclaim, died from cirrhosis of the liver on Dec. 24.
He was 94. Anno s funeral was held privately by his family.
Architect Tadao Ando, who designed the Mitsumasa Anno Art Museum in Tango, Kyoto Prefecture, described the artist as “a painter who kept drawing landscapes that are disappearing in the world and in Japan.”
“In an age that digital technology is so powerful, he left us with a gentle and heartwarming world,” Ando said.
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Jiji Jan 16, 2021
Prominent Japanese painter Mitsumasa Anno, known for his unique picture books and landscape paintings, died of liver cirrhosis on Dec. 24, it was learned Saturday. He was 94.
Mitsumasa Anno | KYODO
Born in Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, the teacher-turned-artist started his career as a painter in 1961.
Anno made his debut as a children’s book author with wordless picture book “Fushigi na E” (“Mysterious Pictures”) in 1968.
His renowned works also include “ABC no Hon” (“Anno’s Alphabet”), featuring alphabets drawn in an illusionary style that is compared to that of Dutch artist M.C. Escher, as well as the “Tabi no Ehon” (“Anno’s Journey”) series, in which he depicted landscapes around the world with a soft and