Miyako Maki


Miyako Maki is a former Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1957 with Haha Koi Warutsu. In 1961 she married the well-known manga artist Leiji Matsumoto. After their marriage, they started collaborating on shōjo manga mixing photography and painting techniques. She is the creator of Licca-chan, a popular Japanese doll manufactured by Takara since 1967. She received the 1989 Shogakukan Manga Award for Genji Monogatari, a manga version of Murasaki Shikibu's The Tale of Genji.