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Kobe Fashion Museum has announced ‘Shigeru Mizuki: Soul of Manga Exhibition’ as its next special exhibition, following the closure of ‘The World of Picture Books Connected Forever — Kaiseisha Children’s Books Exhibition’ on August 30, 2026.
The museum confirmed the end of the picture-book exhibition in a notice published on August 30. The exhibition was presented at Kobe Fashion Museum in Kobe, Japan, and focused on the children’s-book publishing house Kaiseisha. Its Japanese title, ‘Zutto Tsunagaru Ehon no Sekai — Kaiseisha Kodomo no Hon-ten,’ can be translated as ‘The World of Picture Books Connected Forever — Kaiseisha Children’s Books Exhibition.’
In its closing announcement, the museum thanked the many visitors who attended. The notice did not provide attendance figures or further details about the exhibition’s contents, participating artists, or accompanying programs.
The museum identified the forthcoming show as ‘Shigeru Mizuki: Soul of Manga Exhibition.’ Shigeru Mizuki was the Japanese manga artist whose name appears in the exhibition title, but the announcement supplied no additional information about the works to be shown, the curatorial scope, or the dates and venue arrangements for the new exhibition.
No opening date for ‘Shigeru Mizuki: Soul of Manga Exhibition’ was included in the announcement. The confirmed information is that it is planned as the museum’s next special exhibition after the Kaiseisha picture-book show, which ended at Kobe Fashion Museum on August 30, 2026.
