Ibarami Elementary School

Would you believe that when I went out to a field called Baraumi, I unexpectedly ended up observing a fox's elementary school class?
No, this is true.
From my point of view, the students, teachers, and the content of the lessons were at times humorous, at times sarcastic, and at the same time realistic and highly entertaining.
No, don't doubt it. If you read this story, you will understand.
Please come and see it too.

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Illustration: Shigeo Nishimura
Born in 1947 in Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture.
Graduated from Chuo University, Faculty of Commerce. Learned illustration at Setsu Mode Seminar.
My first picture book was ``Kuzunohayama Neko no Kitsune'' (written by Yasuo Otomo, published by Fukuinkan Shoten), which was published in the monthly magazine ``Kodomo no Tomo'' in 1974. Since then, he has published works that depict people's everyday lives, such as ``Ofuroya-san'' and ``Yakoresha'' (both published by Fukuinkan Shoten), as well as works that carefully follow the facts, such as ``History of Japan in Pictures'' (Fukuinkan Shoten), which won the Picture Book Nippon Grand Prize, and ``Reading the Atomic Bomb of Hiroshima in Pictures'' (written by Masaki Nasu, published by Fukuinkan Shoten), which won the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award.
In addition, there are many other works that have an exquisite taste of humor and reality, such as ``Nichi Yoichi'' (Doshinsha), which won the Child Welfare Cultural Award, ``Gatagoto Gatagoto'' (written by Rintaro Uchida, published by Doshinsha), and ``Jigoku no Ramenya'' (written by Sumiko Karita, Kyoiku Gageki).

●Art materials used: Japanese painting water-based paints, pencils, colored pencils/watercolor paper (Arche extra fine)

[Publication date] October 16, 2022