Showa Japanese Children
Books
Free · Designed for iPad
Boost focus with the new Reading Timer! Customize 1–120 min work and 1–60 min break sessions, stay calm with music and alerts, or enjoy nonstop focus with unlimited mode.
From Risho Miyazawa, who directed the art in many TV dramas set in the Showa period such as the TBS dramas "Muu", "Musuko Yo" (My Son), "Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji), "Terauchi Kantaro Ikka SP" (The Kantaro Terauchi Family SP), "Mukoda Kuniko no Koibumi" (Kuniko Mukoda's Love Letters), NHK's "Aozora no Tango" (Tango in the Azure Sky), WOWOW's "Sensei no Kaban" (Teacher's Bag), CX's "Tokyo Tower ~Okan to Boku to, Tokidoki, Oton~" (Tokyo Tower: Ma, Me, and sometimes, Da), and many others, comes a record of the Showa period.
Risho has used his experiences as a child in his native Azumino in Nagano prefecture to create illustrations of the scenes that backed the children of the Showa period, so that the next generation might know of them.
== Praise ==
Risho went to my high school, although he was a year older. Our villages were hailing distance apart, and we were raised in the same way, so all of the panels in this picture book make me long for that time.
We were truly poor. But our lives were so rich! There were bullies and the bullied, but neither stood alone. Risho's artworks whisper, "take back that richness".
-- Singer and actor Tsunehiko Kamijo
== Artist Profile ==
Risho Miyazawa
Artist, Illustrator, TV Artist
Born 1938 in Horigane of the Minami Azumi district in Nagano prefecture (now Horigane in Azumino).
Graduated from Matsumotoken-Gaoka High School, and the department of fine arts at the Tokyo University of the Arts.
He was hired by TBS, and directed the art in many TV dramas by author and screenwriter Kuniko Mukoda, and author and director Teruhiko Kuze, who have created many great works with the Showa period as a backdrop.
These illustrations are being serialized in the culture column of the Sankei newspaper.
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Version 2.0 – What’s New
• Added the Reading Timer. Access it from the timer button in the top-right corner and freely set work sessions from 1–120 minutes and breaks from 1–60 minutes. An unlimited mode is also available.
• During a session, you can instantly pause, resume, or reset the timer, and start a Pomodoro session right away with your chosen work/break durations.
• Choose your preferred sound: switch between four system alarms or built-in BGM such as Clair de Lune and Gymnopédie. A calm tune plays by default, and even when muted, loop playback helps maintain a quiet focus.
• Fully supports background operation — even when the app is closed, local notifications alert you to the next work or break session, and progress automatically restores upon return.
• A minute-by-minute progress bar and automatic page turning make your rhythm visible at a glance. During work sessions, the bar resets every minute and advances to the next page automatically.
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Information
- Seller
- TOSHIYUKI MIYAZAWA
- Size
- 25.2 MB
- Category
- Books
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.6 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Japanese
- Age Rating
13+
- 13+
- Infrequent
Profanity or Crude Humor
Mature or Suggestive Themes
Horror/Fear Themes
Alcohol, Tobacco, Drug Use or References
Guns or Other Weapons
- Copyright
- © 2025 Risho Miyazawa