What is Sanpei Shirato?
{{Infobox person | name = Sanpei Shirato | native_name = 白土 三平 | birth_name = Noboru Okamoto{{br}} {{lang|ja|岡本 登}} | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|02|15}} | birth_place = [[Tokyo]], Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|8|1932|02|15}} | death_place = | occupation = [[manga artist]], [[essayist]] | years_active = 1957-1987 }} {{nihongo|'''Noboru Okamoto'''|岡本 登|Okamoto Noboru|February 15, 1932 – October 8, 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211026/k10013322081000.html|title = 漫画家の白土三平さん死去 89歳 「サスケ」や「カムイ伝」など |website=nhk.or.jp |access-date=25 October 2021 |language=ja}}</ref>}}, known by the pen name {{nihongo|'''Sanpei Shirato'''|白土 三平|Shirato Sanpei}}, was a Japanese [[manga artist]] and [[essayist]]. He was known for his [[social criticism]]. He died on October 8, 2021 at the age of 89 from [[pneumonia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/202110260000340.html|title = 「カムイ伝」白土三平さんが死去、89歳 作画の弟岡本鉄二さんも４日後死去 |website=nikkansports.com |access-date=25 October 2021 |language=ja}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shirato, Sanpei}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Japanese manga artists]] [[Category:Essayists]] [[Category:Writers from Tokyo]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] {{bio-stub}}