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Hagiwara Rakuichi II
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Japan
• 1960
Japanese kawaii artist specializing in the representation of kappas, turtle-like demons.
Biography
Rakuichi Hagiwara, the second of the name, is a popular Japanese illustrator from Tokyo. She continues the art of her father, who from the 1945s specialized in the representation of kappas, small Japanese demons. Her studio is located on the Kappabashi Bridge (kappa bridge), spanning the Shinano-gawa River, in Tokyo.
She is part of the Kawaii (cute) movement. Kappas, evil geniuses who devour children, are always represented as small, cute pets.
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