Blog

• Celebrating Katsudi’s 120th Birthday With Two Exhibitions
  2024-06-03
  2024 would have been Katsudi’s 120th birthday and we are celebrating with two exhibitions in Futako-Tamagawa, Tokyo! Exhibition 1: […]
• Aladdin Special at Katsudi Matsumoto Gallery
  2019-06-14
  Throughout his career, Katsudi created various illustrations of the Aladdin story, incldung a Chinese-themed adaption. To celebrate the release of […]
• Katsudi’s work in “Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond”
  2019-04-30
  Cover of “Women’s Manga in Asia and Beyond” We are very proud that an essay by Ryan Holmberg on Katsudi’s work is part of the […]
• Exhibition in the Museum of Fragrance, Iwata
  2018-10-01
  The Museum of Frangrance in Iwata hosts an exhibition on Showa era girl’s manga, featuring original artwork by various artists including some […]
• Exhibition at Tochigi Kuranomachi Museum of Art
  2018-04-08
  The "Tochigi Kuranomachi Museum of Art" hosts an exhibition featuring work of Katsudi. Exhibition dates: April 17th 2018 to July 16th 2018 Opening times: 9am to 5pm […]
• “Alice in Wonderland” Released!
  2017-09-24
  With the help of many supporters of a crowdfunding campaign and our partner Nijinoehonya we were able to reissue “Alice in Wonderland” […]
• Exhibition in the Koji Fukiya Memorial Museum of Art, Shibata
  2017-03-10
  The Koji Fukiya Memorial Museum of Art in Shibata hosts an exhibition on Showa era girl’s magazine illustrations, featuring original artwork by […]
• “The World of Katsuji Matsumoto” at Tezuka Osamu Museum
  2016-10-02
  The Tezuka Osamu Museum in Kobe hosts a special exhibition with a wide variety of Katsudi’s work. Dates: October, 28th 2016  – February, […]
• TCJ: Ryan Holmberg analyses “The Mysterious Clover”
  2014-07-08
  Screenshot The Comics Journal “The Mysterious Clover” was the first full-fledged Manga Katsudi published. If you want to learn about what […]
• TCJ: Ryan Holmberg on “The American Roots of Kawaii”
  2014-05-08
  Screenshot of The Comics Journal: Matsumoto Katsuji and the American Roots of Kawaii by Ryan Holmberg In his column from April 14., Ryan Holmberg […]