Hiroko Kubota paints in acrylic gouache, building expansive, gently surreal landscapes where people and animals go about small adventures. A quiet scene at first glance, hers are pictures that keep revealing incidents the longer you look. She has contributed to the Hobonichi Artist Collection for several years running.
Meadow grass sways in a gentle breeze beneath a sunset sky. A cat and a wolf talk to one another over a string telephone while a mouse rides its unicycle back and forth along the line, and above them the crescent moon slowly fills. It catches that nostalgic, unhurried kind of time you would happily let run on a little longer.
HON is Hobonichi's bound book, with the cover and the pages made as a single piece and nothing else needed. A5 is the roomier of the two sizes, with space on the page for a long entry or a pasted-in scrap, and the hardcover stays light and slightly flexible in the hand. Nothing about it asks to be handled carefully, which is rather the point of a book you write in every day.
Includes: 1 book
Size: H214 x W152 x T20mm / H8.4" x W6.0" x T0.8"
*Specifications may vary slightly
- Language: English
- Paper: Tomoe River S
- Grid size: 3.7mm
- 544 pages total
Planner Date Details
- January start
- Monday start
- Yearly index: January – December 2027
- Monthly calendar: December 2026 – March 2028
- Weekly calendar: December 28, 2026 – January 2, 2028 (106 pages), with hourly timelines from 5AM to 4AM
- Daily pages: January 1 – December 31, 2027 (377 pages)
- Memo pages: 6
