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Yasuo Segawa | |
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瀬川康男 | |
| Born | Segawa Yasuo 5 April 1932 Okazaki, Aichi, Japan |
| Died | 18 February 2010 (aged 77) Obuse, Nagano, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Education | Aichi Prefectural Okazaki North High School |
| Known for | Illustration, printmaking, picturebook author, |
| Awards | Biennial of Illustration Bratislava (1967 inaugural recipient) |
Yasuo Segawa (瀬川 康男, Segawa Yasuo, 5 April 1932 – 18 February 2010) 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 Taro and the Bamboo Shoot (ふしぎな たけのこ, Fushigina Takenoko) written by Masako Matsuno.[citation needed]
Segawa died on 18 October 2010 of rectal cancer at a hospital in Obuse, Nagano.[1]
- ^ 「いない いない ばあ」の瀬川康男さん死去 [Yasuo Segawa of "Peek-a-Boo" fame dies]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. 19 February 2010. Archived from the original on 22 February 2010. Retrieved 28 September 2013.