New Born - art book by Ryoji Arai

New Born - an exhibition catalog on the illustrator Ryoji Arai / a 392-page art book, 7.25 x 10.25 inches / text in Japanese

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From wikipedia: "Ryōji Arai (荒井 良二) (born 1956) is a Japanese illustrator. For his career contribution to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense" he won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award from the Swedish Arts Council in 2005, the largest cash prize in children's literature. Arai was born in Yamagata in 1956 and educated at Nihon University Yamagata Junior & Senior High School. He studied art at Nihon University and he lives in Tokyo."