The Japan Cartoonists Association (JCA) announced on Monday that manga creator Eiko Hanamura passed away on December 3.
She was a director of the Japan Cartoonists Association, and was a permanent member of France’s Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts.
While the JCA’s announcement only mentions an unspecified illness, NHK reported that Hanamura passed away at her home due to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.
She made her debut in 1959 with the manga “Murasaki no Yōsei” (Purple Fairy) in the rental manga book Niji.