Muku Yoji (椋陽児)

Muku Yoji (椋陽児), 1928–2001, was a Japanese illustrator.

Era: 1950s

ILLUSTRATOR · WRITER · PHOTOGRAPHER

Japanese SM illustrator, writer, editor and photo-book producer whose work helped define the visual face of postwar kinbaku publishing. Nawapedia says Muku joined Uramado's editorial department in 1963 while Chimuo Nureki was editor-in-chief, drew illustrations and comics for Jitsuwa Zasshi, and later wrote stories for SM Select under the related Ryuji Ochiai identity. Kinbaku Today describes him as one of the key figures in kinbaku history, notes his editorial role at Uramado, and says his work often drew directly from photographs of Nureki's rope scenes. Nawa-art's Ochiai photo-book page and Kosho's book listing resolve *Ketteiban Kinbaku no Hada* as a 1971 Ryuji Ochiai / Muku Yoji photo-book compilation.

Collaborators: Nureki Chimuo.