A Retro Manga Master’s Italian Renaissance

The covers of La Marca's three-volume translation of Dōsei jidai. © J-Pop

Paolo La Marca during an interview at Nippon.com.

A Kamimura Kazuo exhibition in Lucca, Italy, in October 2016. © Paolo La Marca

La Marca and Migiwa, Kamimura Kazuo’s daughter, hold up some of his works in translation.　© Paolo La Marca

An image from Takehisa Yumeji’s Nemu no ki (The Silk Tree) and an illustration by Kamimura, as seen on the cover of the Italian translation of Itezuru. © J-Pop　

Panels from Beni tokage (The Scarlet Lizard), left, and Shurayukihime (Lady Snowblood) on display at the 2016 exhibition in Lucca. © Paolo La Marca