"One Year" - Saki Obata
"Ichinen" is a zine by popular illustrator Obata Saki, known for her "Seasonal Records" series, which depicts the story-rich four seasons of Japan. It includes works from the 2024 and 2025 Obata Saki x commune calendars, as well as new works.
Once again, her characteristic skillful perspective and the exquisite placement of props that enrich the scenery create a visually beautiful work. A year passes with the changing of the seasons, and the days are depicted as memories are remembered with various senses.
As each year passes by faster and faster, when I look back and wonder what I was doing, I realize that I have forgotten a lot and am unable to remember well. But when the seasons come around, I can suddenly remember not only big things but also very small things, such as what I was doing and how I felt around this time last year, or several years ago, triggered by the smell of spring, the sounds of insects in summer, the loneliness of autumn, or the warmth I feel in winter.
— Saki Obata
36 pages / A5 size / Limited to 300 copies
Saki Obata | Illustrator. In recent years, she has worked on numerous illustrations both in Japan and overseas, including illustrations for the British magazine MONOCLE, promotional comics for the American magazine tokyobike.us, grade level characters for the Japanese Language 4 Volumes 1 and 2 Kagayaki (Mitsumura Tosho Publishing), and cover illustrations for other books. She serialized a manga in the magazine Haha no Tomo (Fukuinkan Shoten) from 2023 to 2025.
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