Ueda Toshiko

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Ueda Toshiko in 1956

Ueda Toshiko ( Japanese 上 田 と し こ , also: 上 田 と し 子 and 上 田 ト シ コ , actually: 上 田 俊 子 ; * August 14, 1917 in Tokyo Prefecture ; † March 7, 2008 ) was a Japanese manga artist .

biography

Ueda spent her early childhood in Manchuria , where she stayed again for some time during the Second World War . After graduating from high school for girls, she went to the comic artist and painter Matsumoto Katsuji ( 松本 か つ ぢ , 1904-1986) in 1935 an apprenticeship. In girls' magazines such as Shōjo Romance ( 少女 ロ マ ン ス ), Jogakusei no Tomo ( 女 学生 の 友 ), Shōjo ( 少女 ) and Shōjo Book ( 少女 ブ ッ ク , shōjo bukku ), she published cartoons and comics from the early 1950s. So that it was one of the first female professional of mangaka and one of the first signers of Shōjo -Manga. Ueda was one of the first to work for the manga magazine Ribon . Her comic Bonko-chan appeared in this from 1955 to 1961 . She created one of her most famous works for the magazine Shōjo Club ( 少女 ク ラ ブ , shōjo kurabu ) from 1957 to 1963 with Fuichin-san . In this manga, which was also implemented as an anime film in 2004, she processed her childhood in Manchuria. For Bonko-chan and Fuichin-san she was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Prize in 1960 . From 1973 until her death in 2008 she worked for the magazine Ashita no Tomo ( 明日 の 友 ) on the manga series Ako baachan . This work earned her the Prize of the Association of Japanese Cartoonists in 1989 , which she received again in 2003 for her life's work.

Works

  • Boku-chan ( ぼ く ち ゃ ん ), 1951–1958
  • Bonko-chan ( ぼ ん こ ち ゃ ん ), 1955–1961
  • Fuichin-san ( フ イ チ ン さ ん ), 1957–1963
  • Ohatsu-chan ( お 初 ち ゃ ん ), 1958–1969
  • Ako baachan ( あ こ バ ア チ ャ ン ), 1973–2008

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://yotsuba.saiin.net/~eiko/ribon/from/ueda.html
  2. ↑ a b Obituary of the Asahi Shimbun , April 17, 2008 (Japanese)
  3. ↑ http://www.matt-thorn.com/shoujo_manga/hagio_interview.htm
personal data
SURNAME Ueda, Toshiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 上 田 と し こ (Japanese); 上 田 と し 子 (Japanese); 上 田 ト シ コ (Japanese); 上 田 俊 子 (Japanese, real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese manga artist
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Tokyo Prefecture , Japan
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2008