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Machiko Hasegawa | |
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![]() Hasegawa in 1955 | |
Born | Taku, Saga Prefecture, Empire of Japan | January 30, 1920
Died | May 27, 1992 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 72)
Nationality | Japanese |
Occupation | Manga artist |
Known for | Sazae-san |
Awards | See below |
Machiko Hasegawa (長谷川町子, Hasegawa Machiko, January 30, 1920 – May 27, 1992) was a Japanese manga artist and one of the first female manga artists.[1] She started her own comic strip, Sazae-san, in 1946. It reached national circulation via the Asahi Shimbun in 1949,[2] and ran daily until Hasegawa decided to retire in February 1974. All of her comics were printed in Japan in digest comics; by the mid-1990s, Hasegawa's estate had sold over 60 million copies in Japan alone.