Editing Aomori Prefecture (section)

===Arts and literature===
Aomori Prefecture has produced several writers and artists. [[Osamu Dazai]], the writer of Japan's second most popular novel ''[[No Longer Human]]'',<ref>{{cite news |title=太宰「人間失格」、人気漫画家の表紙にしたら売れて売れて |trans-title=Dazai's ''No Longer Human'' gets sold due to popular cartoon |url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20070817i514.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070826234611/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/culture/news/20070817i514.htm |newspaper=Yomiuri Shimbun |date=18 August 2007 |archive-date=26 August 2007 |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref> is one of the prefecture's best-known writers.<ref name="Dazai">{{Cite book |title=The saga of Dazai Osamu: a critical study with translations |last1=Lyons |first1=Phyllis I |last2=Dazai |first2=Osamu |date=1985 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0804711976 |location=Stanford, Calif. |pages=8, 21 |language=en |oclc=11210872}}</ref> [[Shunsuke Kikuchi]], a composer for series such as ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Doraemon]]'', was born in the city of Hirosaki.<ref name="Kikuchi">{{cite news |title=作曲家・菊池俊輔さん、誤嚥性肺炎で死去 89歳 『ドラえもんのうた』『仮面ライダー』など手掛ける |trans-title=Composer Shunsuke Kikuchi died of pneumonia at the age of 89, he worked on "Doraemon no Uta" and "Kamen Rider" |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/11af2561f75755a64c936bae2556755d6160512f |newspaper=[[Yahoo! Japan#Yahoo! Japan News|Yahoo! Japan News]] |language=ja |date=28 April 2021 |accessdate=1 May 2021 |archive-date=29 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210429201801/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/11af2561f75755a64c936bae2556755d6160512f |url-status=dead }}</ref> The creator of the supernatural manga series ''[[Shaman King]]'', [[Hiroyuki Takei]], is from the village of Yomogita in northwestern Aomori.<ref>{{cite news |title=漫画シャーマンキング展、青森で8日から |trans-title=''Shaman King'' manga exhibition to be held starting on the 8th |url=https://www.toonippo.co.jp/articles/-/391887 |newspaper=The Tō-Ō Nippō Press |language=ja |date=7 August 2020 |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-date=16 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016092120/https://www.toonippo.co.jp/articles/-/391887 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The comedian [[Daimaō Kosaka]], known widely for his viral single "[[PPAP (Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen)]]", was born in Aomori Prefecture.<ref name="PPAP">{{cite web |first=Patrick |last=St. Michel |title='PPAP' goes the world: How Pikotaro became a viral smash |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/11/04/music/ppap-goes-world-pikotaro-became-viral-smash/ |newspaper=The Japan Times |date=4 November 2016 |access-date=6 October 2020}}</ref> ''[[Sōsaku-hanga]]'' artist [[Shikō Munakata]] was born in Aomori.<ref name="Munakata">{{cite web |title=Munakata Shiko's Career |url=http://munakatashiko-museum.jp/career_e.html |publisher=Munakata Shiko Memorial Museum of Art |date=2010 |access-date=6 October 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223160315/http://munakatashiko-museum.jp/career_e.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Much of his art was inspired by the prefecture's natural qualities and rural culture.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whatley |first=Katherine |title=Layers of artistic heritage in Aomori Prefecture |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2018/04/12/travel/layers-artistic-heritage-aomori-prefecture/ |newspaper=The Japan Times |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=15 October 2020}}</ref>