“The Universe of Shigeru Komatsuzaki: Painter, Illustrator and Dreamweaver” exhibition opens

The Tokyo Fuji Art Museum opened the “The Universe of Shigeru Komatsuzaki: Painter, Illustrator and Dreamweaver” exhibition, a special summer vacation event for children and the young at heart. Known in Japan as a “giant in science fiction illustrations,” Komatsuzaki got his start illustrating novels serialized in newspapers and later moved on to painting used in children’s magazines and other media.

The TFAM Komatsuzaki exhibition features some 100 of his works and memorabilia, including original paintings, illustrations and writings, “box art” printed on packages of plastic models, and early works as an artist-in-training of traditional Japanese paintings.

The exhibition will run until September 29, 2013.