Yasuo Segawa

Yasuo Segawa (瀬川 康男) was a Japanese illustrator for children's books, born in Okazaki, Aichi.

He won the first grand prize in Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1967 for Taro and the Bamboo Shoot (ふしぎな　たけのこ) written by Masako Matsuno.

Segawa died on 18 October 2010 of rectal cancer at a hospital in Obuse, Nagano.

Works
One of his books for babies is Peek-a-Boo (いないないばあ), published in 1967, which became a long seller in Japan, with more than 4,500,000 copies sold.


 * Taro and the Bamboo Shoot (ふしぎな　たけのこ), text by Masako Matsuno
 * "Peek-a-Boo" (いないないばあ), "Smily Face"（いいおかお）, "Sleepy Time"（みんなねんね） (R.I.C. Story Chest) RIC Publications; Har/Com版 2006, text by Miyoko Matsutani. Translation by Mia Lynn Perry