Suiho Tagawa Norakuro

The life of Tagawa Suiho (田河水泡), as told in the “My Autobiography” program broadcast on January 22, 1981, holds extremely important significance in the history of Japanese manga. As a pioneer of story-based manga in Japan, Tagawa Suiho had an enormous influence on the development of manga culture. His masterpiece “Norakuro” in particular captivated children in the early Showa era and is still remembered today as a work that opened new horizons in Japanese manga expression.