Murasaki Yamada
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, born as Mitsuko Shiratori, was a Japanese feminist
essayist, manga artist
, and poet. She was associated with Garo
. Frederik L. Schodt
regarded her work as particularly important because, although there is a culture of girl's manga, Yamada's work has a feminist message, which is rare in girls' manga. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura
and Yōko Kondō, her former assistants.
She debuted in COM
in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a manga artist. Her works are described as being pictorial I Novel
s. She taught at Kyoto Seika University
's Faculty of Manga.
She once ran for a seat in Japan's House of Councillors as part of the Chikyū Club political organization in 1989.
She died at Kyoto Hospital on May 5, 2009, aged 60, from undisclosed causes.
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Feminism
Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights...
essayist, manga artist
Mangaka
is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...
, and poet. She was associated with Garo
Garo (magazine)
was a monthly manga anthology magazine in Japan, founded in 1964 by Katsuichi Nagai. It specialized in alternative and avant-garde manga.-History:...
. Frederik L. Schodt
Frederik L. Schodt
Frederik L. Schodt is an American translator, interpreter and writer.Schodt's father was in the US foreign service, and he grew up in Norway, Australia, and Japan. The family first went to Japan in 1965 when Schodt was fifteen. They left in 1967 but Schodt remained to graduate from Tokyo's American...
regarded her work as particularly important because, although there is a culture of girl's manga, Yamada's work has a feminist message, which is rare in girls' manga. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura
Hinako Sugiura
was a manga artist and researcher in the lifestyles and customs of Japan's Edo period. Born Junko Suzuki in Minato, Tokyo, into a tradition-steeped family of kimono merchants, she studied design and took an increasing interest in old Japan. She attended Nihon University, but gave up her formal...
and Yōko Kondō, her former assistants.
She debuted in COM
COM (manga magazine)
was a manga magazine started in January 1967 by Osamu Tezuka. It was started in response to the success of Garo , and as a way for Tezuka and other artists to showcase more avant-garde and experimental works in manga...
in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a manga artist. Her works are described as being pictorial I Novel
I Novel
is a literary genre in Japanese literature used to describe a type of confessional literature where the events in the story correspond to events in the author's life. This genre was founded based on the Japanese reception of Naturalism during the Meiji period. Many authors believed form reflected...
s. She taught at Kyoto Seika University
Kyoto Seika University
is a private university, located in Seika, Kyoto, Japan. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1968, and it was chartered as a university in 1979....
's Faculty of Manga.
She once ran for a seat in Japan's House of Councillors as part of the Chikyū Club political organization in 1989.
She died at Kyoto Hospital on May 5, 2009, aged 60, from undisclosed causes.
Works
- Blue Sky – follows a woman's life and struggles after she divorces.
- A manga adaptation of OtogizōshiOtogizoshirefers to a group of approximately 350 Japanese prose narratives written primarily in the Muromachi period . These illustrated short stories, which remain unattributed, together form one of the representative literary genres of the Japanese medieval era.-Overview:This type of short prose narrative...
, a traditional tale. - Shōwaru-Neko
- Shin Kilali – a slice-of-life story about a Japanese mother and wife who realises her marriage is failing.
- Yume no Maigo-tachi Les Enfants Reveurs (with Yōko Isaka)
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