Kouno Fumiyo

The Kojiki (earliest historical record of Japan) as drawn by Fumiyo Kouno

The story is set in 9th century northern Japan, where the giant bird Imeru-Furi soars through the sky. A pair of emaciated men visit Utsuka, a young girl selling cloth in the city. The two offer her the copper that Imeru-Furi had dropped...

After coming home from school, middle schooler Miyuki Kisaragi spends her time drawing manga alone... A deeply moving look into the profound and personal act of “creating.” A powerful new one-shot by Fumiyo Kouno, celebrating 30 years as a manga artist!

Chiisana Koi no Uta (小さな恋のうた) Hoshi no Furu Sato (星のふる里) Odense Daikanon! (おでんせ大歓音!) Lise to Genshi no Mori (リーゼと原始の森) 5-12. Hijiyama-san Series (ヒジヤマさんシリーズ) Kaku Hito e (描く人へ)

In this manga, manga symbols, also called mampu in Japanese, are explained by using modernized characters of the 12th-century picture scrolls, which are sometimes considered the very first manga in history.

This successor of the long selling Heisei classic “Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms” is a family drama set in Hiroshima's military-city Kure during the war. Protagonist Suzu marries and moves from Hiroshima City to Kure, where she encounters uncertainty in her new family, her new city, and her new world. However, she manages to live each day healthily and happily.Official EnglishWon the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Prize in 2009

Sanpei’s wife, Otsuu, recently passed away and his son, Shirou, offers Sanpei to live at his place with his daughter-in-law, Reika, and granddaughter, Nona. Ever since Sanpei married Otsuu, she has taken care of him and Sanpei has never learned how to cook, clean and other household chores. After going through his late wife’s belongings, Sanpei finds a book that she was writing that records all the things she was doing for him. Things from recipes and how to do household chores to dealing with the family that he has never really connected with. Now with the help of the late Otsuu’s book, Sanpei learns how to do all the things she did for him and start making connections with the closest family members he has.

In that wonderful time of our life when we are children and we come out into the world with all our curiosity, and every event is a source of surprise and marvel. In that wonderful time of our lives, where tranquility allows us, we love spending time with our friends and sharing their dreams. This is the story of a little girl and her "Kokko-san", a story made ​​up of remnants of daily life, hilarious situations, and emotions that open the heart.

Part 1: Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her life forever. A family from Hiroshima struggles to come to terms with their survival of the atomic bombing of their city. The protagonist is Minami Hirano, about 20 years of age.Part 2: Set some decades later, the niece of Minami Hirano is bewildered by her father's mysterious disappearances. She and a friend follow him to discover what he is doing.The main theme of this historic manga concerns the question of what impact the war and the atomic bombing had on the most vulnerable. Fumiyo Kôno examines this question in her outstanding book - an award-winning, widely-discussed masterpiece.Won the Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize in 2004Won the Osamu Tezuka Creative Award in 2005

A worthless husband and his carefree wife. 54 short stories of their heartwarming, funny, and sad life. Winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and Japan Media Arts Festival grand prize Kono Fumiyo gives us this heartfelt short comedy.

One day, a young woman named Kimiko meets a little lost bird named Pippira. Living with the little bird becomes a series of surprises and discoveries. Before long this little happiness becomes, to Kimiko, an irreplaceable treasure in her day to day life.

Set in a small flower shop on a street corner, this series heartwarmingly depicts the delicate relationship between the laid-back shop manager and her employee Rin. From one short story to the next, Rin gradually becomes aware of her surrounding. This collection also features Fumiyo Kouno's old 1990s short stories.