Warabe aska biography of albert einstein

Warabé Aska is the pen name of Takeshi Masuda. Born in Kagawa, Japan during the second world war, Aska worked initially in commercial art and graphic design before turning his attention to painting. This led to a career as a book illustrator in Japan, an art form that he continued following his move to Canada in 1979.

In Canada, Aska is best known as an illustrator of books for children and also as a writer for children. Several works feature both his text and illustrations while others including Aska’s Animals, Aska’s Birds and Aska’s Sea Creatures, feature Aska’s paintings but contain the text of other writers.