Mado Michio

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Mado Michio ( Japanese ま ど み ち お , real name Ishida Michio ( 石田 道 雄 ); born November 16, 1909 in Tokuyama , Yamaguchi Prefecture ; † February 28, 2014 ) was a Japanese poet, especially of children's songs. He was taught by Kitahara Hakushū and Yoda Jun'ichi (1905-1997) and is best known for his children's songs "Zō-san", "Yagi-san yūbin" and "Ichinensei ni nattara".

Life

When Michio's father had to go to Taiwan for professional reasons, Michio initially stayed with his grandfather, but shortly afterwards also followed his parents to Taiwan. He studied at the National Taipei University of Technology and published his first poems in the magazine "Ayumi" during this time. After graduating, he worked in the Department of Ports and Waterways of the General Government of Taiwan ( 台湾 総 督府 Taiwan Sōdokufu ). In 1934 he published five articles in the magazine "Kodomo no kuni". In 1936 the composer Yamaguchi Yasuharu (1901–1968) set the children's song "Futa atsu" to music.

In 1943 he was drafted as a pioneer in the navy and came to Singapore as a soldier via various theaters of war, where he saw the end of the Second World War. After his return to Japan in 1948, he began to work in a publishing house and dealt with the publication of the magazine "Child Book". After his retirement in 1959 he devoted himself to writing poems and children's songs as well as painting. In 1992, at the instigation of Empress Michiko, his book "Dōbutsutachi" (The Animals) was translated into English and published in Japan and America.

Prizes and awards

  • 1968 Noma children's literature award for "Tempura piripiri"
  • 1976 “Prize of the Authors' Association for Japanese Youth Literature” ( 日本 児 童 文学 者 協会 賞 ) for Shokubutsu no uta
  • 1994 "Literature Prize Robō no ishi" ( 路傍 の 石 文学 賞 Robō no ishi bungakushō ) - Special prize for "Mado Michio zenshishu" (complete edition of his poems)
  • 1994 Hans Christian Andersen Prize
  • 1998 Asahi Prize

Works (selection)

Song collections

  • 1968 Tempura piripiri ( て ん ぷ ら ぴ り ぴ り )
  • 1973 Mametsubu uta ( ま め つ ぶ う た )
  • 1974–75 Mado Michio shishū ( ま ど ・ み ち お 詩集 , 6 volumes)
  • 1979 Fūkei shishū ( 風景 詩集 )
  • 1979 Tsukemono no omoshi ( つ け も の の お も し )
  • 1981 Ii keshiki ( い い け し き )
  • 1985 Shakkuri uta ( し ゃ っ く り う た )
  • 1989 Kuma-san ( く ま さ ん )
  • 1993 Sorekara ... ( そ れ か ら ... )
  • 1999 Melon no jikan ( メ ロ ン の じ か ん )
  • 2000 Kyō mo tenki ( き ょ う も 天 気 )
  • 2006 Sono hen o ( そ の へ ん を )

Translated picture books

Nursery rhymes

  • Zō-san ( ぞ う さ ん ), set to music by Dan Ikuma
  • Yagi-san yubin ( や ぎ さ ん ゆ う び ん ), set to music by Dan Ikuma
  • Onigiri kororin ( お に ぎ り こ ろ り ん ), set to music by Akihiro Komori）
  • Ichinensei ni nattara ( い ち ね ん せ い に な っ た ら ), set to music by Naozumi Yamamoto）
  • Fushigi na poketto ( ふ し ぎ な ポ ケ ッ ト ), set to music by Shigeru Watanabe）
  • Drops no uta ( ド ロ ッ プ ス の う た ), set to music by Megumi Ōnaka）
  • Mizu asobi ( み ず あ そ び ), set to music by Rentarō Taki）

Remarks

  1. ↑ The prize is named after the work of the same name "Robō no ishi" (Eng. A stone by the wayside ) by and in memory of the writer Yamamoto Yūzō (1887–1974).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ま ど み ち お . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Kodansha, 2009, accessed January 16, 2012 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ List of award winners (Japanese)
  3. ↑ Website of the Urayasu Library (Japanese)
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Mado is the family name, Michio the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Mado, Michio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES ま ど み ち お (Japanese); Ishida, Michio (real name); 石田 道 雄 (real name, Japanese)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese poet and children's book author
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokuyama , Yamaguchi Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 2014