Books By Nankichi Niimi - Author

Nankichi Niimi was an author of children's books in Japan. Though he passed away at the age of 29, he had already written a number of children's books, novels, poems, children's songs, and plays during his short life. Genjirou Mita was an artist and children's book illustrator. He was a three-time winner of the Sankei Children's Book Award for his illustrated books, and was the president of the Japan Art Association from 1989 to 1995.