KUROKI Kozue(illustration) MOAI Noboru(short story) "One-legged clown"

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A visual story with pictures and photos that invites you to a mysterious world!

All 5 volumes of "Dark Fairy Tale Picture Book Series" inspired by classic fairy tales from home and abroad are now available!

★Each volume is a collaboration with Moai Noboru, drawn by fantasy girl painters!

★ The painter of Volume 1 "The One-Legged Clown" is Kozue Kuroki!

★In the future, it will be published almost every six months!

(The painter of Volume 2 is a girlish watercolor artist, Tama/scheduled to be published in spring 2020)

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Reality or a nap dream?

A mysterious story that takes you from everyday life to a world of enchanting fairy tales

--Hiroaki Kuwabara Object (scope) artist

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Everywhere you look it's a normal match.

That's the problem.

From [The Melancholy of Shinigami]

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A man still sometimes thinks—

What did he really want? However, the fairy tale ending did not come.

From [One-legged Clown]

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A dark fairy tale based on familiar fairy tales such as "Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Match Girl".

◎ Recorded work

My Love Egg ~Ugly Duckling/Andersen

The Melancholy of Shinigami ~The Little Match Girl/Andersen

Kuma-chan ~Thousand Skins/Brothers Grimm

One-Legged Clown ~ Tin Soldier / Andersen

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★ "Publication Commemorative Original Art Exhibition" will be held!

　October 5th (Sat)-20th (Sun), 2019

Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (open if Monday is a holiday)

　12:00-19:00 Free admission

Place: Billiken Gallery, Omotesando, Tokyo

* This book will be pre-sold at the venue.

*10/19 (Sat.) Commemorative event "Reading and Music Banquet" available

　19:00 opening、19:30 start

　Fee 2,000 yen (novelty included) Reservation required

▼Part 1 = Reading "One-legged Clown" & Garden Mini Concert / Noboru Saiai, Garden (oboe, English horn, etc.)

▼ Part 2 = Talk show / Kozue Kuroki, Takashi Suzuki (TH editor-in-chief), Moai Noboru

[Click here for details]

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◎ Kozue Kuroki [twitter]

painter.

Born in Fukuoka Prefecture.

1999 Graduated from the artist department of Kyushu Designer Gakuin.

2005 First solo exhibition "Night Footsteps" Glamorous Area (Sendai)

2010 Participated in many group exhibitions, including the 2nd solo exhibition “Night Breath” at the Gallery Gallery (Fukuoka).

He mainly creates fantasy girl works that are colored pencil drawings.

In recent years, he has also worked on original drawings for textiles.

He has co-authored many works with Saiai Noboru because of his style compatibility, and in this long-awaited work, he has drawn all of his works.

◎ Moai Noboru [twitter] [HP]

story writer.

Since his screenwriting debut, he has broadened his writing with light novels and novels.

In recent years, his main novels have used typography and photography to construct a narrative world that appeals to the sense of sight, right up to the book design. He is also notable for developing his writing expression, and has developed artwork such as presenting objects and photo collage works at publication commemorative exhibitions. In addition to reading the readings of his own books, he has also been in charge of everything from planning to directing, collaborating with various musicians.

He was also involved in the selection of five painters for the "Dark Fairy Tale Picture Book Series", including this work.

Main publications: "Midnight Colors: A Small Death Drifting in the Darkness", "Yoga Koji Kitan" (co-authored by Kozue Kuroki), "Dr. Odd's Mad Collections" (co-authored by Dollhouse Noah) (all published by Atelier Third).

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B5 size, 64 pages, 2,255yen (consumption tax not included)