＼✨ Featured Artist ③ ✨／ Meet Waki Yamato, one of the three artists featured in this exhibition. Waki Yamato was born in 1948 in Hokkaido and debuted in 1966 with Angel the Thief. One of her landmark works, Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern (1975–77), is a tumultuous romantic drama set in the Taisho era (1912-26). It has been adapted for anime and the stage numerous times, and received the 1st Kodansha Manga Award in the shojo (girls’) category. Yamato has continued to produce classic shojo manga depicting women who live with strength and resilience through times of social and historical change, including Yokohama Story (1981–83) and N.Y. Komachi (1985–88). Her adaptation of The Tale of Genji, Japan’s most celebrated work of fiction, titled Dreams at Dawn (1979–93), has earned high praise in educational settings and remains a beloved text widely read by students. In 2019, her work was featured in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition The Tale of Genji: A Japanese Classic Illuminated. Through original drawings and archival materials, the exhibition highlights the enduring appeal of her work. 📅 Opening on October 28 (Wed.)! Stay tuned ✨∞ ■ Shojo Manga Infinity: Moto Hagio, Ryoko Yamagishi, and Waki Yamato Period：October 28 (Wed), 2026 – February 8 (Mon), 2027 [First term] October 28 (Wed), 2026 ‒ December 14 (Mon), 2026 [Second term] December 16 (Wed), 2026 ‒ February 8 (Mon), 2027 *The color works will be rotated during the exhibition. Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo / Special Exhibition Gallery 2E 🔗 Waki Yamato — Dreams at Dawn KODANSHA, Fortnightly mimi, July 22 1983, No. 2, Title Page © Waki Yamato / Kodansh #国立新美術館# #thenationalartcentertokyo# #少女漫画インフィニティ# #萩尾望都# #山岸凉子# #大和和紀# @shojomangaten