Goseki Kojima

Kojima Goseki was a Japanese manga artist. Kojima was born on the same day as Osamu Tezuka. After getting out of junior high school Kojima painted advertising posters for movie theaters as his source of income. In 1950 he moved to Tokyo. The postWorld War II environment lead to forms of manga meant for impoverished audiences. Kojima created art for kamishibai or paper play narrators. Kojima then started to create works for the kashibon market. In 1967 Kojima created Dojinki his first manga for a magazine. In 1970 he collaborated with writer Kazuo Koike to create Kozure Okami Lone Wolf and Cub their most famous work. Koike and Kojima were dubbed the Golden Duo.