For Kenji\'s birthday Shiro gifts a trip together to Kyoto, but the lawyer\'s uncharacteristic spree has the easy-going hair stylist fearing the worst.
Ouku also received the Osamu Tezuka Award and the Shogakukan Manga Award..
In 2009 she was recognized with the James Tiptree Award for her literary contributions covering the topics of gender in speculative fiction in her title Ooku.
Her work on Antique Bakery sent her into international fame and she has since been nominated in the United States for the Eisner Award for her titles - Flowers of Life and Ooku.
Since her debut Yoshinaga has penned more than a dozen, with a good number of them having been adapted into motion pictures and animated TV series.
A lifelong comic artist and story teller, she made her perfessional debut in 1994 with her short series, The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Houbunsha\'s monthly Boys Love anthology Hanaoto.
Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971, Yoshinaga is a graduate of Tokyo\'s prestigious Keio University.
About the Author: Over the past decade few female comic artists have been as beloved or as recognized for their work internationally as Fumi Yoshinaga.
Also in this volume, "brownies" enter Shiro\'s lexicon and repertoire.
For Kenji\'s birthday Shiro gifts a trip together to Kyoto, but the lawyer\'s uncharacteristic spree has the easy-going hair stylist fearing the worst
