Yamada Murasaki (1948 2009) debuted as a cartoonist in 1969. Informed by her upbringing she was raised by her mother and grandmother and her background in fashion design and poetry, Yamada s early work was unique in form and content, with realistic portraits of young women negotiating their mothers. Later, after having a family of her own, her work shifted to young mothers negotiating children, husbands, and the balance between social responsibilities as a housewife and self-respect as a woman. Considered one of the Three Daughters of Garo, Yamada published manga in practically every issue of Garo from 1978 1986, and is considered the first cartoonist to use the modes of alternative manga to explore womanhood and domesticity with an unromantic eye.

This groundbreaking alternative manga moves with a spare poetry through daily routines and moments of solitude. James Smart, The Guardian. Concise, elegant, and deceptively simple. --Under the Radar. A revelation. --Rachel Cooke, The Observer.

Yamada Murasaki (1948 2009) debuted as a cartoonist in 1969. Informed by her upbringing she was raised by her mother and grandmother and her background in fashion design and poetry, Yamada s early work was unique in form and content, with realistic portraits of young women negotiating their mothers. Later, after having a family of her own, her work shifted to young mothers negotiating children, husbands, and the balance between social responsibilities as a housewife and self-respect as a woman. Considered one of the Three Daughters of Garo, Yamada published manga in practically every issue of Garo from 1978 1986, and is considered the first cartoonist to use the modes of alternative manga to explore womanhood and domesticity with an unromantic eye.

This groundbreaking alternative manga moves with a spare poetry through daily routines and moments of solitude. James Smart, The Guardian. Concise, elegant, and deceptively simple. --Under the Radar. A revelation. --Rachel Cooke, The Observer.

Yamada Murasaki (1948 2009) debuted as a cartoonist in 1969. Informed by her upbringing she was raised by her mother and grandmother and her background in fashion design and poetry, Yamada s early work was unique in form and content, with realistic portraits of young women negotiating their mothers. Later, after having a family of her own, her work shifted to young mothers negotiating children, husbands, and the balance between social responsibilities as a housewife and self-respect as a woman. Considered one of the Three Daughters of Garo, Yamada published manga in practically every issue of Garo from 1978 1986, and is considered the first cartoonist to use the modes of alternative manga to explore womanhood and domesticity with an unromantic eye.

This groundbreaking alternative manga moves with a spare poetry through daily routines and moments of solitude. James Smart, The Guardian. Concise, elegant, and deceptively simple. --Under the Radar. A revelation. --Rachel Cooke, The Observer.