From Anzai Mizumaru's "Fuwa Fuwa" (Kodansha), 1998, Private Collection

Mizumaru Anzai, "Cutty Sark's own advertisement for 'The Happy Ending of the Elephant Factory' (CBS Sony/Kodansha), 1983, Private Collection

Mizumaru Anzai, from "How Murakami Asahido was trained" (Asahi Shimbun Publications/Shinchosha), 1997, Private collection

Makoto Wada, Mizumaru Anzai "Good Friends" 2010 Private Collection

From Maki Sasaki's "Sheepman's Christmas" (Kodansha), 1985, Private Collection/ (c) Maki Sasaki 1985 by Medialynx Japan

Cover of Maki Sasaki's "Hear the Wind Sing" (Kodansha), 1979, Private Collection/ (c) Maki Sasaki 1979 by Medialynx Japan

Ayumi Ohashi, "Naming a Cat" from "Salad-loving Lion Murakami Radio 3" (Magazine House), 2012, Private Collection

Makoto Wada, "Slow Boat to China," from "Murakami Songs" (Chuokoron-Shinsha), 2005, Private Collection

Makoto Wada, "Jimmy Rushing," from "Portrait in Jazz" (Shinchosha), 1999, Private Collection