Jun'ichi Nakahara

Jun'ichi Nakahara
中原淳一
Nakahara, circa 1949
Born(1913-02-16)February 16, 1913
DiedApril 19, 1983(1983-04-19) (aged 70)
NationalityJapanese
Known forGraphic design, illustration, fashion design

Jun'ichi Nakahara (中原淳一, Nakahara Jun'ichi, February 16, 1913 – April 19, 1983) was a Japanese graphic artist and fashion designer born in Higashikagawa, Kagawa Prefecture. He became famous as an illustrator in the 1920s when his work appeared in the magazine Shojo No Tomo. According to the scholar Nozomi Masuda, Nakahara "greatly developed the eyes of shojo manga characters".