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Sakai,Stan

(b. 1953) Cartoonist

Works of Stan Sakai

I know Grasscutter, the first Grasscutter, that’s Usagi Yojimbo book 12, took about five years to fully research. But I was very happy with that. It also won the Eisner Award, which is like the biggest award in American comic books. And it received an American Library Association Award. It received a Hackster Award in Spain, and it was used as a Japanese History textbook at the University of Portland, Oregon.

awards comics graphic novels manga Usagi Yojimbo (comic) Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards

Date: September 28, 2010

Location: California, US

Interviewer: Lynn Yamasaki, Maria Kwong

Contributed by: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

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Stan Sakai was born in Kyoto, Japan, and raised in Hawai‘i. Sansei illustrator and writer Stan Sakai is known for his creation of the popular comic book character, “Usagi Yojimbo” in 1984. Since 1987, a series of comic books have detailed the adventures of Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai rabbit living in the late 16th and early 17th Century. Sakai is known for his incorporation of actual Japanese history and culture, once winning an award for “skillful weaving of facts and legends into his work.” An exhibition of his work was organized by the Museum in 2011. (August 2012)

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