Abstract

Let's color the afterlife of Japan and the world that Master Shigeru Mizuki created!

Coloring pictures, in which you imagine the final image, choose your favorite colors, and use your fingertips, has the effect of activating your brain.
This coloring book contains "afterlife" in Japan and other parts of the world, which Shigeru Mizuki created in detail.
Why don't you color the colorful and fantastic pictures to whatever image you like and create your own original "afterlife"?

Coloring pages of Kitaro, who is a popular character of the author's manga, and other yokais are also included.
This is a project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Shigeru Mizuki's birth!

●Main Works Included
- Sanzu-no-kawa (The River of Sanzu)
- King Enma
- 'Emperor Lord Dong Yue, Ruler of Mount Tai' from China
- 'The Watcher of the Afterlife' from Indonesia
- 'Book of the Dead' from Egypt. Travels by Sky Battle
- 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante, Ascension to Heaven With Beatrice
- Kitaro's Bloody Battle Records: The Great Yokai War
...and others

Author’s Information

Born in 1922, he grew up in Sakai-minato City, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. During the Pacific War, he lost his left arm in the Battle of Rabaul. After being demobilized, he worked as a picture-story artist before beginning to draw rental book manga, and since then, he has published many works including war stories and yokai stories. He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1991 and the Order of the Rising Sun in 2003. His major works include "GeGeGe no Kitaro (Spooky Kitaro)", "Kappa no Sanpei (Sanpei the Kappa, Water Sprite)", "Akuma-kun", and others. He passed away in November 2015.