Machiko Hasegawa
Sazae-san was a popular postwar comic strip depicting the life of Sazae-san, a fictional Japanese housewife. The manga was first drawn in 1946. It also depicts women and men equally. Sazae-San became nationally popular because of the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Sazae-San was turned into a radio series in 1955. It has 45 paper volumes. It was also translated into English. It started appearing on TV in 1969. Sazae-San is still airing today.