![]() ![]() ![]() After the war, he and his wife were granted permanent residence status by act of the U.S. It was then that he first used the pseudonym Taro Yashima, out of fear that if the Japanese Government found out about his employment, there would be repercussions for Mako and other family members. Army, and went to work as an artist for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In 1939, he and his wife went to the United States to study art, leaving their son Mako behind in Japan. After studying for three years at the Imperial Art Academy in Tokyo, he became a successful illustrator and cartoonist before going to jail because of his opposition to the militaristic government. He was born in Nejime, Kagoshima in 1908. ![]() Taro Yashima (八島太郎, Yashima Tarō?) (1908–1994) was the pseudonym of Atsushi Iwamatsu (岩松淳, Iwamatsu Atsushi?), a Japanese artist. ![]()
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