Shinta Cho
(Japan), 1927-2005
Born in Tokyo, Japan. He started his career as a cartoonist after winning a cartoon contest sponsored by the Tokyo Nichi Nichi newspaper in 1948. In 1958, through a recommendation by Seiichi Horiuchi, Cho published his first picture book, Ganbare, Saru no Saran-kun (Good luck, Saran the Monkey). Among the many awards he has received were the Bungei Shunju Manga Award in 1959 for Oshaberi na Tamagoyaki (The Talkative Omelet), and the Japan Picture Book Awards Grand Prize in 1981 for Kyabetsu-kun (Cabbage Boy) and again in 2005 for Naita (I Cried). He continued to create picture books unique for their flexible and innovative ideas and pioneered the nonsense picture book genre in Japan.
From (Rubber-head Pontaro)
From (Cabbage Boy and Mr. Butayama)
From (Cabbage Boy and Mr. Butayama)
From (My Crayons)
From (My Crayons)
From (Hello, Funny Lion!)
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