Wolf Forest, Kosamori, Thief Forest (Oinomori, Zarumori, Nusutomori)

“Can I start a farm here?”
"Okay."
The forest responded all at once.

A story about a farmer who carves out fields and the forest. When food and other supplies run out, humans interact with the forest to solve the problem, and interaction begins.
A time when people listened carefully to the voice of nature and were polite.
The relationship between people and nature was rich, warm, and full of humor.

The relationship between humans and nature that Kenji proposed should be reconsidered in modern times.
Ken Katayama perfectly depicts the world of the forest, which is both wild and warm, with his powerful and energetic oil paintings.

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Illustration: Ken Katayama
Born in Tokyo in 1940.
``Tange-kun'' (Fukuinkan Shoten) won the Kodansha Publishing Culture Prize Picture Book Award. Shogakukan Children's Publishing Culture Award for ``Dendendaiko Inochi''. He has won many awards, including the Japan Picture Book Award for ``Fox Nyobou'' (Setsuko Hasegawa/Retelling, Fukuinkan Shoten).
Other picture books include ``Tummy Walk'', ``Goodnight Cucco-san'' (Fukuinkan Shoten), ``Mugibatake'' (written by Alison Utley, translated by Sumiko Yagawa, Fukuinkan Shoten),
“Dondon Dondon” (Bunken Publishing), “From my point of view” (written by Jinzaburo Takagi, Fukuinkan Shoten, Gokinora Shoten), “Yama no Kaisha” (written by Koji Suzuki, Kikousha) , then Fukuinkan Shoten), ``Nomado-kun'' (Bunkeido), and ``Daremo, Daremoi'' (Fukuinkan Shoten, then Fukkan.com), and many other picture books. His co-authored works with his wife, Reiko Katayama, include ``Tanoshii Fuyugomori'', ``Mori no Tegami'', ``Tokun and Kun'' (all published by Fukuinkan Shoten), and ``Ana'' (Billiken Publishing).

●Art materials used: oil paint/paper: canvas

[Publication date] October 17, 2008