Charles Wirgman b. c.1832

Also known as Wakuman
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
English raised Japanese cartoonist and illustrator. It is asserted in some biographies that he worked in Australia during the mid 1850s.
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Name
Charles Wirgman
Also known as Wakuman
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Birth date
c.1832
Birth place
London, England, London, England?
Birth note
1832 according to Clark, 1835 according to Schodt
Death date
1891
Death place
Japan
Active Period
  • 1854 - 1874
Arrival
  • c.1857 (It is conjectural whether Wirgman actually spent any time in Australia.)
Residence
  • c.1857 - c.1861 Hong Kong, China
  • c.1861 - c.1891 Yokohama, Japan
  • c.1857 Australia (attributed )
  • c.1857 Malta
  • c.1854 - c.1855 Paris, France
  • c.1848 - c.1854 London, England
Cultural Heritage
  • Swedish
  • English
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

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References [<ExternalResource: Clark, John (2001), 'Charles Wirgman (1832?-1891)', chronology etc., in John Clark, Japanese Exchanges in Art 1850s-1930s: with Britain, Continental Europe, and the USA, Power Publications, Sydney, New South Wales, pp 5-88.>, <ExternalResource: Schodt, Frederik L. (1983), 'Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics', Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International (paperback 1986), pp 38-40.>, <ExternalResource: Rogala, Jozef (ed.), Yamashita, Hitomi (translator) (2004), 'The Genius of Mr. Punch: Life in Yokohama's Foreign Settlement: Charles Wirgman and the Japan Punch, 1862-1887', Yokohama, Japan: Yurindo Co. Ltd.>]