Girl’s Manga Pioneer Mizuno Hideko: Her Message for the Modern Day

A re-creation of Mizuno’s room at the Tokiwa-sō Manga Museum. (© Nippon.com)

Hoshi no tategoto (Harp of the Stars), left, and Shiroi toroika (White Troika).

Mizuno at her desk, writing Faiyā! A poster of Scott Walker is on the wall behind her. (Courtesy of Mizuno Hideko)

Several books looking back over Mizuno’s work have appeared, including the 2020 Bara no butōkai: Mizuno Hideko gashū (The Ball of Roses: A Mizuno Hideko Art Collection), at left, and the January 2022 Mizuno Hideko: Jisaku o kataru (Mizuno Hideko on Her Work).