Childhood memories scattered in the illustrations of Taniguchi Rokuro

At the first sight of Japanese painter Rokuro Tanuchi's (1921-1981) illustrations, a sense of familiarity arises. Although Rokuro Tanuchi depicted the lives of Japanese children, it was also an era that I was familiar with. Life was simple and tranquil, human nature gentle and pure. Happiness and sadness were only related to those closest and most beloved. Life was like the setting sun—warm, serene, yet tinged with the unease of dusk falling, brimming with anticipation for tomorrow. The childhood memories instantly awakened by his works diffused in Tanuchi's sunset-like paintings...