Maruki Toshi

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Maruki Toshi ( Japanese 丸 木 俊 ; born February 11, 1912 in Chippubetsu , Hokkaidō as Akamatsu Toshiko ( 赤松 俊 子 ); † January 13, 2000 ) was a Japanese painter in the Nihonga style, author and pacifist. She moved to Hiroshima in August 1945 shortly after the bomb fell .

She fought with her husband, the painter Maruki Iri ( 丸 木 位 里 ) for the survival of many people, but also for her own. Shaken by what they saw and experienced, they embarked on the Genbaku no Zu ("Pictures of the Atomic Bomb") project known as "The Hiroshima Panels," a series of fifteen pictures that were first exhibited in 1950.

Maruki received the International Peace Prize ( 国際 平和 文化 賞 ) in 1952. In 1971 she won the "Golden Apple Award" for her artistic (child-friendly performing) skills. In 1995 she received the Asahi Prize and she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

She wrote and illustrated several children's books, including the well-known "The Girl from Hiroshima" for which she received the 1983 Mildred L. Batchelder Award .

Works

  • ひ ろ し ま の ピ カ ( Hiroshima no Pika ). Komine Shoten, Tokyo 1980, ISBN 4-338-02201-9
  • 言 い た い こ と が あ り す ぎ て ( Iitai Koto ga Arisugite ). Chikuma Shobō, Tokyo 1987, ISBN 4-480-81247-4
  • 丸 木俊 の 世界 展 生命 へ の 熱 い 視線 ) ( Maruki Toshi no Sekaiten. Seimei e no Atsui Shisen ). Gembaku no Zu Maruki Bijutsukan ( 原 爆 の 図 丸 木 美術館 ), 1995
  • 丸 木俊 女 絵 か き の 誕生 ( Maruki Toshi. Onna Ekaki no Tanjō ). Nihon Tosho Center ( 日本 図 書 セ ン タ ー , 1997
  • Illustrations for several picture books

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 丸 木俊 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 18, 2015 (Japanese).

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Maruki is the family name, Toshi the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Maruki, Toshi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 丸 木 俊 (Japanese); Akamatsu Toshiko (maiden name); 赤松 俊 子 (Japanese, maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese painter, author and pacifist
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Chippubetsu , Hokkaidō
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 2000