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We see snow-capped mountains, a white roof, and pine trees.
The Straw Hat Pirates, O-Tama, and Komachiyo are depicted against a snowy landscape.
On the left side of the illustration, smiling Jizo (guardian deity of children, travelers, and the departed) statues are arranged in a line. Conical hats are placed over their heads.
“Kasa Jizo” is a well-known folk tale in Japan. One snowy New Year’s Eve, an old man places leftover hats he could not sell on the heads of some Jizo statues. Despite being unable to move, the statues visit the old man’s house to repay the favor.
In this piece, the Straw Hat Pirates and O-Tama are the ones placing the conical hats on the Jizo statues’ heads. Chopper is placing a hat on one statue, while Nami carefully wraps a scarf around its neck.
It seems they were one hat short, because O-Tama has run off with Luffy’s hat so she can give it to the Jizo statue closest to us.
His mouth stuffed with rice balls, Luffy rushes after O-Tama with his hand outstretched, paying no mind to the rice balls dropping to the ground. Sanji laughs as he grabs Luffy's hood to stop him.
Another curious feature is the raccoon dog at Zoro’s feet. Its body is a tea kettle. This seems to be a reference to another Japanese folk tale, “Bunbuku Chagama.” The story is about a raccoon dog that disguises itself as a tea kettle. In this illustration, the snow under the raccoon dog’s feet is melting, likely due to the heat from the tea kettle.
This humorous work ties Wanokuni together with Japanese folk tales.
*The work is made up of a set of 2prints
*Signature on prints (seal)
In 1992, Oda received the Weekly Shonen Jump Tezuka Award for Wanted! Serialization of ONE PIECE began five years later in 1997. In the same year, the first tankobon (individual) volume of the series was released. In 1999, the title was made into an animated series. The first ONE PIECE exhibition was held in 2012.
In 1992, Oda received the 2nd place prize in the 44th Tezuka Award for Wanted! (under the pseudonym "Tsuki Himizu Kikondo"). In 1993, Oda was selected for the 104th Hop Step Award for Ikki Yako. In 2006, ONE PIECE chosen in the Japanese Media Arts Festival 100 Manga Selection. In 2012, Oda received first prize in the 41st Japan Cartoonists Association Award for ONE PIECE. In 2018, Oda received the Kumamoto Prefecture Honorary Award.
The magazine carrying the series was Weekly Shonen Jump, The year the series started was 1997. A heroic pirate adventure story revolving around a treasure known as "One Piece." In this adventure, Monkey D. Luffy sets out to become the King of the Pirates. The work was made into an animated television series in 1999. On June 15, 2015, One Piece attained the Guinness World Record for most copies published for the same comic book series by a single author. The total worldwide circulation exceeds 500 million copies as of August 2022.
Never-before-seen color and detail
A collection featuring realistic colors that cannot be produced with the offset printing process used for comics and manga magazines. Available in two sizes, A2 (420 mm x 594 mm) and A1 (594 mm x 841 mm). This collection is printed on the 100% cotton velvet fine art paper used in museum collections.
At Shueisha, we have been digitally archiving manga since 2007. We initially captured color originals with the EverSmart Supreme II high-precision scanner. Since 2015, we have been using the Phase One IQ180 high-resolution digital camera. As of 2020, we are using the iXG100MP model from Phase One's Cultural Heritage series. We are able to capture and save ranges of color that cannot be reproduced by commercial printing, and we can even capture the texture of the paper that the artist used.
For the Real Color Collection label, we send these captured and adjusted images to a printer that has undergone color management. The pigmented inks used in Epson inkjet printers are light-resistant and retain their original color even in the kind of light conditions that would cause dye color inks used on the originals to fade.
Not only do the ranges of color exceed those produced by the offset printing methods used for comic covers, but we are also able to achieve levels of light resistance and durability that even exceed those of the original pictures drawn on paper.
A set of original size prints and enlarged original prints
The collection, based on works drawn on paper, contains a set of two types of prints, one in the original size (often B4) drawn by the artist, and another enlarged to A2–A1 size. One can witness the precision that went into the original size prints. The blown-up prints allow one to feel the impact of the work and notice details that only become apparent when the artwork is enlarged.
The original box includes a blockchain-linked sales certificate
All works are registered to Startrail PORT, NFT management service. Works include a blockchain-linked sales certificate with an affixed NFC tag sticker (letterpress printed by Kazui Press). You can view the information recorded on the NFT by scanning the NFC tag sticker with a smartphone. We will send you your product in an original Shueisha Manga-Art Heritage box.
Work Size A2 (420 mm x 594 mm) or A1 (594 mm x 841 mm)
Paper used Velvet fine art paper
Printing Method Archival Inkjet Print
Package Contents
Main product
Blockchain-linked sales certificate (letterpress printed by Kazui Press, linked with NFC tag sticker)
Matte paper
Special paper to absorb any harmful substances
Instruction manual
Storage case (Foil stamped interior/exterior)
