Picture-Book Pleasures at Tokyo Yoshitake Shinsuke Exhibition

Wall displays showcase original drawings from Yoshitake’s works. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

The exhibition’s wall of sketches gives visitors a look at Yoshitake’s entire creative process. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

Each sketch on the wall offers new angles for discovery. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

Hang from the rings in the woods to take your feet off of the ground and forget for a moment that you are grown up. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

Toss apples into those noisy adults’ mouths to quiet them down. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

Ahead of the Kyōbashi show, Yoshitake talks about the second major exhibition of his work in Tokyo. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

A selection of Yoshitake’s beloved books in Japanese. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)

The shop attached to the exhibition offers souvenirs including postcards showing multilingual versions of Yoshitake’s works. (© Matsumoto Sōichi, Nippon.com)