"Born in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
Studied painting at Joshibi University of Art and Design.
Director of The Japan Cartoonists’ Association.
Permanent member of the SNBA (Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, France).
Eiko Hanamura has written and illustrated a variety of material including comedies, historical tales and mysteries, which have appeared in a wide range of comics for young girls to older women.
Her major works include: Kiri no naka no shôjo (A Girl in the Fog), Hanakage no hito (A Woman in the Shadow of Flowers), Hanabira no tô (A Steeple of Flower Petals), Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji), and the Mitsuhiko Asami series."
From Official Website.
She died at her home in Tokyo on the 3rd of December 2020 due to multiple organ failure, she was 91 years old.
