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  1. Project Information
  2. List of Girl's Mangaka and Examples of Visual Images:
    Twenty Major Mangaka Who Contributed to the World of Shojo Manga
    (World War II to Present)
  3. Project Schedule (Tentative)
  4. Touring Exhibition Sites
  5. Presenters' Information
  6. Directors' Information
  7. Other Information

US Touring Exhibition Sites of “Shojo Manga”
Fall 2005 - Summer 2006

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Exhibition Information


University Art Gallery
California State University, Chico
(10/26 - 12/8/05)

Shojo Manja Power! Girl Comics from Japan

The popularity of Japanese comics, or manga, has spread across the world -- through comic books, animation, and merchandise. Shojo Manga Power! explores the genre of shojo manga, or girls’ comics, and how female cartoon artists of the genre have contributed their unique style of visual expression to the world of Japanese comics. Reception: Oct. 27, (closed Nov. 19 - 27 for Thanksgiving vacation)

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Humanities Center (Trinity 100)
California State University, Chico
(11/8 - 12/14/05)

Shojo Manja Power! Girl Comics from Japan

Curated by Masami Toku
Special hours: November 10, 7-9pm; Reception:December 7, 9pm
Exhibition tour with Masami Toku of the University Art Gallery and Humanities Center Gallery. November 11, 1-2pm

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Janet Turner Print Museum
California State University, Chico
(11/7- 12/14/05)

"Tradition/Innovation: Ukiyo-e, Shin Hanga and Sosaku Hanga Japanese Prints"

A year-long research project lead by Dr. Yoshio Kusaba identified and researched a part of the JTPM’s Japanese print holdings.  This exhibition is in conjunction with the University and College of HFA’s sponsorship of Japanese Manga: The Power of Girls’ Comics

Yomiuri Shinbun News (8/26/05 in Japanese):米で少女マンガ展を開く 徳雅美さん


"Hundreds of Demons" by Ichiko Ima

Masley Hall Art Gallery
University of New Mexico
(1/23 - 2/17/06)

UNM “Shojo Manga! Girl Power!”

A traveling exhibit of Japanese girl's comic artists, will show at Masley Art Gallery, Masley Hall, at the University of New Mexico, Jan. 23 -
Feb. 10, 2006. The university's Art Education program is sponsoring the exhibit. Japanese "manga" (comics) are cultural phenomena that began forty years ago. This exhibit focuses on the unique visual characteristics and narratives of 23 major "shojo mangaka" (girls' manga artists). These drawings and narratives are designed to provoke discussions about issues of gender, representation and themes about women's aspirations and dreams in Japanese culture. Influenced by American comics and Disney animation, contemporary Japanese manga started as an inexpensive entertainment for children in the devastated post-war Japan. Popular children's entertainment such as Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh are based on Japanese manga.

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"Hello Doc" by Hideko Mizuno

C33 Gallery
Columbia College Chicago
(3/13 -4/26/2006)

Shojo Manga: Girl Power!

Shojo Manga! Girl Power! is an internationally touring exhibition. The show includes more than 200 artworks from 23 artists who have contributed to the development of modern Shojo Manga (girl comics) in Japan since World War II. The medium reflects the evolution of the social roles of Japanese girls and women during this period. The exhibition also documents how the visual composition of manga mirrors the developments in Japanese aesthetics.

Shojo Manga! Girl Power! is curated by Dr. Masami Toku, Associate Professor of Art and Art History at California State University Chico.

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Media Arts Gallery, 311 Steuben Hall
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn , NYC
The Pratt Institute
(6/1 - 6/29/2006)

Girl Power!Girls' Comics from Japan

This international touring exhibit features historic Japanese manga , with a special emphasis on shojo manga comic books for girls. The exhibit features 23 renowned shojo manga creators and more than 200 works from World War II to the present. The pieces in this exhibit come together for the first and only time in NYC. The medium reflects the evolution of the social roles of Japanese girls and women during this period. The exhibition also documents how the visual composition of manga mirrors the developments in Japanese aesthetics.

For more information: dbineyam@pratt.edu or (718) 636-3633.

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