Kazuo Kamimura (上村 一夫, Kamimura Kazuo, March 7, 1940 in Yokosuka – January 11, 1986[1]) was a Japanese manga artist born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa.
[2] He was best known as the illustrator of Lady Snowblood,[3] which was adapted into film in 1973.
Hitoshi Iwaaki, a manga artist was his assistant.
He has been called "the ukiyo-e master of Shōwa-era manga.
"[2] Kamimura died on January 11, 1986, at age 45, of a pharynx tumor.