1April 1947 17, Kazuichi Hanawa was born in sojourning town, Dali prefecture, saitama. When he was a child, he was forced by his parents to live in the basement and suffered various abuses. Influenced by the illustrated novels created by Itohiko in middle school, Kazuichi Hanawa decided to pursue painting career. After graduating from high school, he illustrated magazines while working. It is precisely because of this background that Kazuichi Hanawa's cartoon style has its own position in the sub-cultural circle. On the other hand, I personally think that Hua Lun's later colored paintings are getting better and better, higher than meatballs. )
Today, I will share some of my favorite books with you. Hua Lun has a deep study of eastern religions, and Japanese fans call him "Daimyojin". The pain and happiness of a girl with a big face will appear in these cartoons.
What I said yesterday.
This book is a collection of ten folk stories, short/absurd/terrible/sad/serious and profound, combined into a flower wheel, with Rumiko Takahashi's explanation and recommendation at the end of the book. Various forms and techniques such as spot color gold and silver bronzing were adopted in the binding, and a limited edition of 5,000 copies was issued.
The title is the white sticker around the whole book. The printing process is extremely luxurious!
Color map fitting of six story contents of bronzing characters on spine
List of back cover story names (limited to 5000 copies, 3600 yen is not expensive)
The hardcover hard shell back cover color illustration is very beautiful.
Cover the eyes with relief, which feels like wood carving.
The Hua Lun seal of the gourd seal is a limited number of coded handprints, and the flowers in the middle are written in gold (each font is different).
Table of contents pages are arranged around the typesetting and put together with the title page.
Spot color printing large format
The image on the right is an age-old crack effect.
The last story in the future, spot color gold and spot color silver are printed alternately.
Rumiko Takahashi's special explanation
Before the penal institution.
Kazuichi Hanawa was arrested for illegally carrying a gun. After a series of judicial procedures, he was sentenced to five years and suspended for two years. 1997, after three years of prison life, Hua Lun created a series of cartoons of "prison for criminals". This work has become the most powerful candidate for the fifth "Tezuka Tezuka Culture Award". However, Hua Lun refused to win the prize because he was "not a mainstream cartoonist".
(I had prepared a lot of photos, but I couldn't submit them after many audits, so I wrote this article again, and all the photos involving guns were deleted under the condition of respecting the rules. Unfortunately, I can't share it. )
Yujiacaozi
Yu Jia Cao Zi is also a collection of several stories, still in Hua Lun style, with Buddha statues on the front and back covers. I especially like the design of this book. This kind of binding was designed by my grandfather Jiang Shen. The title page of the book is printed in gold, without the protection of the light layer. With the change of time, gold powder will corrode, rub and fade, just as we face Buddha, and nothing is eternal. Some content in this book will gradually disappear. I printed the second edition of this book in 1993. Please see the picture for the effect.
The cover is made of paper with wrinkled texture, highlighting the vicissitudes of the Buddha.
Gold seal with spot color inside without coating? I have lost some color (there are book lovers in Japan who have been exposed to the fading process at different times)
Two-color pages should be said to be three-color pages red+yellow+bronzing.
The effect of the photo is completely beyond the physical book.
I especially like this title page.
The gold on the left is like a bronze Buddha statue, which will fade slowly and scratch the essence of this book!
This very traditional painting style combines two paintings into one.