Eizo Hirayama ・ Kazuko Hirayama: Two Artists Who Roamed the Worlds of Nature, Images, and Picture Books

This book charts the artistic trajectories of the two artists, Eizo and Kazuko Hirayama, by presenting a number of their works, especially those that have never been published in books or picture books. Known primarily as artists of the picture book, the two made and left behind innumerable sketches, practice pieces, illustrations for magazines, playful scribbles, and  portraits of autumn leaves. These works, collected in this volume, delineate their lives and work as two travelers in the world of image-making even more vividly than those that were published in their lifetimes. Observing nature intently, the two were true partners in art.

A separate booklet is published to provide English translation of the texts and lists (but not images) in this book. The booklet will accompany the book for all orders received from outside Japan.