Genichiro yagyu biography
Genichiro Yagyu, the author of the six books included in 'The Map of My Body' series, was born in November in Japan, in a village in Mie's prefecture..
The first time I saw Genichiro Yagyu’s books was in the summer of when Vicente and Begoña, Media Vaca’s alma mater, returned from their first trip to Japan, as always, full of treasures found in local bookshops… They showed me the Japanese collection and some of the English translations they had also found in Tokyo.
I loved the titles: Scabs, Holes of the Nose, Belly Button, Breasts, Soles of the Feet, Teeth and I thought it was great that they wanted to obtain the reproduction rights to publish them in Spanish.
My first thought was that seven-year-old me would have loved reading Scabs or Breasts, and even to have been able to proudly parade them around school and making sure everyone could see the title on the cover.
When Media Vaca finally published the Spanish translated edition, the editor, Vicente Ferrer, asked me to read the text from a medical point of view, analysing the accuracy of the scientific content and the adaptations of
