Kazuichi Hanawa

花輪和一
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Birth:Apr 17, 1947
Age:76
Gender:Male
Hometown:Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Made his debut in Garo in 1971 with a story called Kan no Mushi Irascible about a incorrigibly bad boy whose mother takes him to a sadistic acupuncturist for a cure. Kazuichi Hanawa is one of Japans most revered and imitated mangaka. His macabre erotic tales of medieval aristocracy are in their cruely humorous depictions of late Heianperiod decadence reminiscent of the early fiction of Junichiro Tanizaki. Hanawa was born April 17 1947. He debuted as a mangaka in Garos July 1971 issue and his work was an instant sensation. After the death of his mother in the early eighties Hanawa quit drawing manga and retired to his hometown in rural Saitama. There he lived the life of a farmer while reading works on Buddhism yoga and psychology. He was lured back to manga in 1984 by the legendary editor Hiroshi Yaku to contribute a thirtyfour page story for the debut issue of Comic Baku. Yaku remembers Hanawa at that time as a nervous man whose morbid fear of meeting people bordered on paranoia. If people around here knew I was a mangaka he told Yaku theyd come and throw stones at me. Hanawa begins a manga without any preconceived plan as to the direction his story will take. He draws image upon image holding the theme and plot together with only his enourmous powers of concentration. He has published many collections of his work and has collaborated with Suehiro Maruo on a book of illustrations titled Muzane Cruel Pictures. Hanwa while living in Sapporo in Northern Japan was raided by the police over his collection of antique weaponry. He was convicted to three years of prison Japan has very strict guncontrol law enforcement. After his release he published the work In the prison that he drew during his imprisonment.
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