Taizo Yokoyama, 1917-2007

The manga author Taizo Yokoyama, brother of the popular cartoonist Ryuichi Yokoyama and creator of the four-panel political strip Shakai Gi-hyo (translated as Social Satire or some version of same), died June 10 at his home following a bout with pneumonia. Shakai Gi-hyo ran in the newspaper Asahi Shinbun for almost 40 years, from 1954 to 1992. A live-action film of his most famous character, Pu-san, was made into a live action film of the same name in 1953 by the director Kon Ichikawa.

Yokoyama was trained at the Kawahata Illustration School and served on the Chinese front during World War II. He was 90 years old.
 
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