A couple of big questions there!
There’s a few names we’ve uncovered that are worth mentioning. Inagaki Taruho and Miyazawa Kenji are both authors that Tamura has mentioned and from whom it’s easy to see an influence (e.g. One Thousand and One Second Stories, and Night on the Galactic...
Ooh, nice job with the website. I look forward to seeing it fill up.
If you need any details for Masumura's Jaria then drop me a message. I read it recently, and would be happy to contribute with the chapter titles and such.
Tamura is an interesting example in this regard, because he's part of something like a second wave of post-war manga artists that grew up with Western-influenced manga, but he's also stated that he was taking in influences from Western art and illustrations too. E.g. Jean-Michel Folon's...