The iconic wide-eyed appearance, often linked with manga, traces its origins to the illustrations found in shōjo magazines published from the late 19th to the early 20th centuries, as seen in publications like (for example, Shōjo Gahō). The most popular illustrators associated with this style at the time were Yumeji Takehisa and Jun'ichi Nakahara, who, influenced by his work as a doll creator, frequently drew female characters with big eyes in the early 20th century. This had a significant influence on early manga, particularly shōjo, influencing the works of renowned manga artists Macoto Takahashi (who is in his mid 80s now, and used to also write manga) and Riyoko Ikeda (who majored in philosophy, is also a singer and a bookwriter).