Machiko Hasegawa

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Machiko Hasegawa
Hasegawa in 1955
Born	(1920-01-30)January 30, 1920 Taku, Saga Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	May 27, 1992(1992-05-27) (aged 72) Tokyo, Japan
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.