Picture Book Angel Books Bunbuku Chagama

"Angel Books" is a series of picture books and flexi discs for three-dimensional audiovisual education, published by Namco Corporation in 1968.
Doctors of Education, Matsumoto Toru and Kubota Ikuo, have reconstructed Japanese folk tales from a new perspective.

The illustrations for this book were done by Naga Shinta.
The illustrations were created by popular illustrators of the time, who used rich ideas and colors to create a modern depiction of the story.
Originally created as an educational picture book for children, the illustrations have become so appealing that adults can now enjoy the series as well.

[Title] Picture Book Angel Books Bunbuku Chagama
[Publisher] Namco Corporation
[Date of publication] 1968
[Number of pages] 14 pages
[Size] Approx. 29.7 x 21.0 cm, 0.2 kg
[Format] Hardcover
[Title Reading] Ehon Angel Books Bunbuku Chagama
[Authors/Editors] Susumu Matsumoto (PhD in Education, Columbia University), Ikuo Kubota (Author), Shinta Naga (Illustrator)
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[Condition] Used, average condition [4] (Main body: slight damage, tears, and slight shrinkage on the transparent cover, slight damage on the spine corners, main text: slight stains on the main text pages, flexi disc in average condition for its age)
[Accessories] 1 flexi disc (attached to the back endpaper)
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Shinta Cho (1927-2005)

Born on September 24, 1927 in Haneda-cho, Ebara-gun, Tokyo Prefecture (later Ota-ku, Tokyo).
His real name is Suzuki Shuji.
He began his career as a manga artist, winning the Bungeishunju Manga Award for "The Talkative Omelette" in 1959. He then went on to create many masterpieces as a picture book author, including "Cabbage-kun" (1981 Nippon Picture Book Award) and "The Elephant's Omelette" (1984 Shogakukan Art Award).

His representative works include "Rubber Head Pontaro," "Gorogoronyan," "Tears of the Sawshark," "The Spider's Diary," "Where the Terrain Line Can Be Seen," "The Long, Long Slide," and "Munyamunya Snow Bus."
Known for his nonsensical, free-spirited ideas and humorous yet poetic sentiment, he was one of the authors who pioneered the art of picture books in Japan. In addition to picture books, he was also active in a wide range of fields, including manga, illustrations, book design, and essays. He passed away on June 25, 2005.

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