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Keiichi Tanaami “Omoshiro Book” released by Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage.
Originally published in 1949, Omoshiro Book for Boys and Girls was Shueisha’s first magazine, and Soji Yamakawa’s “Boy King” was the featured title. A junior high school student at the time of the magazine's initial publication, Keiichi Tanaami said that on the day of its release every month, he would wait for the delivery truck and purchase a copy before it was placed on the shelves. He would take the magazine home while sniffing it and saying “Ah, what a nice smell,’ and fall asleep with it in his arms.
Seventy-five years after the launch of the first issue of the magazine, we are publishing a new Omoshiro Book featuring the artwork of Keiichi Tanaami and created under his artistic direction. An artist of worldwide acclaim, Tanaami was the original art director of Playboy Japan. He also created design work for multiple magazines and books published by Shueisha, including Myojo. This book is a compilation of works that Tanaami felt were interesting and fun, and he was involved not just in the design but also the planning of the volume
The book is printed in B4 size. It includes full-size reprints of Soji Yamakawa’s “Boy King” and Shigeru Sugiura's “Sarutobi Sasuke” series from the Omoshiro Book, which were originally printed in B5 format. Also featured is a new manga created by Yoshi Katta faithfully incorporating Fujio Akatsuka’s original characters from pervious manga. English text is included, allowing those who do not read Japanese to also be captivated by this gag-master’s magic.
from Soji Yamakawa's "Boy King"
from Shigeru Sugiura's “Sarutobi Sasuke”
from Fujio Akatsuka + Yoshi Katta's “Extraordinary Secret Geneus Oso-Baka Akko Bon Matsutaro –kun –chan”
The book also features Keiichi Tanaami’s collaboration with the manga of Soji Yamakawa, Shigeru Sugiura, and Fujio Akatsuka, and includes new works as well. High-chroma UV ink enables the creation of magical and vivid colors.
The book’s content covers not only art and manga but also fashion, music, literature, travel, cooking, and fortune-telling, including collaborations with a variety of creators of all ages.
“Boy King” by Soji Yamakawa
“Sarutobi Sasuke” by Shigeru Sugiura
“Goldfish Dreaming” by Mariko Asabuki
“Extraordinary Secret Geneus Oso-Baka Akko Bon Matsutaro –kun –chan” by Fujio Akatsuka + Yoshi Katta
Traveling Tanaami Tent/ New York by Yojiro Imasaka
“Con Anima” by Teiko Maebashi
“Big Explosion” by Akira Sakata + Shinji Ishii
“Ete hinarumono” by Natsuko Shoji
“TTT/The Tanaami Tarot” by Ryuji Kagami
The book features a special version of TTT/The Tanaami Tarot, which was released in conjunction with the retrospective exhibition Keiichi Tanaami: Adventures in Memory held at the National Art Center, Tokyo. The deck allows you to conduct your own tarot readings with 22 large arcana cards.
A Portrait of Keiichi Tanaami: Revisited is a unique work based on the artist’s own book A Portrait of Keiichi Tanaami, which Tanaami self-published in 1966. It features images from a series of pages from the original work combined and printed with special ink on a letterpress flatbed press.
Always full of fun, Keiichi Tanaami worked on this book during his final days. Experience the overwhelming energy of the work and smell it as you turn the pages.
Omoshiro Book by Keiichi Tanaami
B4 Size; 202 pages
Price: ¥2,970
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