Une sirène chez les hommes par Mimei Ogawa (1882-1961)

L’école des Loisirs

2009

Artist : Komako Sakai (b. 1966)

Komako Sakai "The Lost Kitten"

酒井駒子「ヨクネルとひな」

he Velveteen Rabbit, Reimagined with Uncommon Tenderness by Beloved Japanese Illustrator Komako Sakai. Timeless as the book may be, it is also one of extraordinary timeliness today — a story that speaks to our deepest anxieties about the effects of technological progress on our humanity. (Maria Popova)

— From Lee’s The Lost Kitten, illustrated by Komako Sakai  x

also https://www.wherethebooksare.com/blog-1/the-lost-kitten

Illustrator Komako Sakai was born in Hyogo, Japan. After graduating from Tokyo’s National University of Fine Arts and Music, Sakai worked at a kimono textile design company. She is currently one of the most popular author-illustrators in Japan.

Her illustrations for The Velveteen Rabbit are legendary.

In 1922, a scruffy stuffed animal crept into the hearts of children and has kept his place there ever since. “The Velveteen Rabbit, or, How Toys Become Real” is one of the best-loved children’s books in the world, having been translated into dozens of languages, adapted repeatedly for stage and film, and imagined and re-imagined by all sorts of illustrators. It was the first children’s book by Margery Williams (1881-1944) and remains her most celebrated work. “There was once a velveteen rabbit,” the story begins, “and in the beginning he was really splendid. He was fat and bunchy, as a rabbit should be; his coat was spotted brown and white, he had real thread whiskers, and his ears were lined with pink sateen.” This pristine condition will not last. (WSJ)

Komako Sakai

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The Snow Day

Komako Sakai

Komako Sakai    酒井駒子

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Komako Sakai

One of Japanese artist Komako Sakai’s tender illustrations for The Velveteen Rabbit

Komako Sakai

酒井駒子

Komako Sakai

Komako Sakai ❤︎ is one of the most popular children’s author/illustrators in Japan. 

From Kimiko Aman’s The Fox Wish, illustrated by Komako Sakai  x

A wonderful illustrator Komako Sakai (b 1966) lives and works in Japan, and only a handful of her titles have been imported to the States. We all know her illustrations for the Velveteen Rabbit. Here are some more great works.

https://www.kirkusreviews.com/.../komako-sakai-appreciation/