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Emu Namae

エム ナマエ

Emu Namae

ペンネーム: Emu Namae（Used as a pen name）, Masanori Namae（Legal name / birth name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1948-09-01 （Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan）
死没
2019-03-06 （Meguro, Tokyo, Japan） 70歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo (birthplace) → Meguro, Tokyo (place of death) → Karuizawa, Nagano (posthumous exhibition site) → New York, USA (exhibition)

経歴

職業
illustrator, children's book author, painter
活動期間
1970年〜2019年
所属
Doubiren (Japan Children's Publishing Artists Federation)
所属団体
Doubiren (Japan Children's Publishing Artists Federation)
影響を受けた人物
Takashi Yanase

学歴

Keio Shiki High School
期間: 1964-1967
卒業年: 1967
国: Japan
High school graduate
Keio University
Faculty of Law / Law
期間: 1967-1973
国: Japan
Dropped out to focus on illustration

受賞歴

Children's Literature Newcomer Award
1989
対象作品: UFO Ringo and the Space Cat
主催: Children's Literature (awarding body)
結果: 受賞
Disabled Art Bank Grand Prize (2nd)
1990
主催: Art Bank for Persons with Disabilities
結果: 受賞
Sanrio Art Award (Poetry & Fairy Tales)
1992
主催: Shi to Meruhen (Sanrio)
結果: 受賞
Japan Children's Literature Association Prize (Special Prize)
2003
主催: Japan Children's Literature Association
結果: 受賞（特別賞）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

UFO Ringo and the Space Cat

1988年 children's fantasy

A long children's tale set in imaginative space, written after the author became blind; explores wonder, friendship and resilience.

spacefriendshipimagination

Horizon of Blindness

2002年 essays / memoir

A collection of essays reflecting on the author's blindness and creative process, recounting struggles and hope.

visual impairmentcreative processself-expression

Three-Legged Race Plus One: We're Always Fantasy

1996年 picture book / children's story

Authored and illustrated by Emu Namae; a collection of short fantasy-tinged stories.

dreamsfriendshipfantasy

全著作

  • UFO Ringo and the Space Cat
  • The Forest of the Nakoola Legend
  • Horizon of Blindness
  • Three-Legged Race Plus One: We're Always Fantasy
  • The Night the Town Became Happy

作風・主題

文体
fantastical, poetic illustrations and narrativesimagery that does not rely solely on sight
頻出モチーフ
dreamsspacecatslight and darkness

健康

  • diabetes
    1983-
    Vision loss diagnosed; future blindness predicted
  • blindness (complete)
    1986-2019
    Shifted production methods and turned to writing; continued creative work thereafter

評価・遺産

Recognized as an illustrator and children's author who continued to create after losing his sight; left an impact on children's literature and art by visually impaired creators.

記念館・博物館

  • Karuizawa Talisman (venue for Emu Namae memorial exhibition) Karuizawa, Nagano, Japan 2019年開館

関連学会

  • Japan Children's Literature Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holdings)
  • CiNii (publication records)

大衆文化への影響

  • Participation in John Lennon memorial concerts (Dream Power events)
  • Designed the 'Yumezou' mascot for NHK Radio's Radio Shinyabin 15th anniversary

引用

  • Believing in the power of dreams, I continue to create.
    出典: Emu Namae official website (2001年)

豆知識

  • Continued illustration and writing after becoming completely blind
  • Designed the 'Yumezou' mascot for NHK Radio's 15th anniversary
  • Held a solo exhibition in New York