Japan Children’s Literature Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 46 (2006) award
Ushio Hasegawa
はせがわ うしお
Hasegawa Ushio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1936-10-20 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2022-09-29 age 85
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- children's literature critic, librarian, researcher, author
- Active Years
- 1962-2022
- Affiliations
- International Christian University Library (staff), Japan Children's Literature Association (committee member)
- Memberships
- Japan Children's Literature Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan Mitaka High School (night school) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Hosei University, Faculty of Letters (correspondence) | Faculty of Letters (correspondence) | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo Metropolitan Mitaka High School (night school)
Country:
Japan
Graduated from night school curriculum
Hosei University, Faculty of Letters (correspondence)
Faculty of Letters (correspondence)
Country:
Japan
Completed correspondence course (year not specified)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Takayama Prize (Honorable Mention) | Essay: On Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Fairy Tales (submitted critique) | — | Japan Children's Literature Association (Takayama Prize essay contest) | 佳作 |
| 2006 | Japan Children's Literature Association Award | Disabled People in Children's Literature | — | Japan Children's Literature Association | 受賞 |
Takayama Prize (Honorable Mention)
1962
Work:
Essay: On Ryunosuke Akutagawa's Fairy Tales (submitted critique)
Organization:
Japan Children's Literature Association (Takayama Prize essay contest)
Result:
佳作
Japan Children's Literature Association Award
2006
Work:
Disabled People in Children's Literature
Organization:
Japan Children's Literature Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sailing the Sea of Death: The Story of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru
1984 Children's narrative / non-fictionA children's narrative about the Daigo Fukuryu Maru, addressing the atomic exposure and its effects.
warnuclear exposurememory
The Little Stone of Los Alamos
1985 Children's literature / nuclear themesA piece addressing atomic bomb and nuclear themes for young readers.
nuclear issueswarethics
Japanese Children's War Literature: Prewar, Wartime, Postwar
1995 scholarship / criticismA historical study organizing representations of war in Japanese children's literature from prewar to postwar periods.
war literaturehistorychildren's literature studies
Modernity of Children's War Reading Materials
1999 scholarship / criticismA scholarly examination of war reading materials for children from a modern perspective.
modernizationchildren's literaturenarratives of war
Has War Children's Literature Conveyed the Truth?
2000 criticism / essaysA collection of essays questioning how children's literature depicting war has engaged with factual truth.
fact vs. fictionethicswar memory
Disabled People in Children's Literature
2005 scholarship / criticismAn analysis of representations of disability in children's literature, questioning modes of depiction.
disability representationchildren's literatureinclusion
Asia and the Pacific Depicted in Children's Books
2007 scholarship / criticismA study discussing images of Asia and the Pacific in children's books of modern and contemporary times.
regional imagechild culturehistorical perception
Propaganda to Girls: 'Shoujo Kurabu' and the Asia-Pacific War
2012 scholarship / criticismAnalyzes wartime propaganda aimed at girls as seen through the magazine 'Shoujo Kurabu'.
propagandamedia historyimages of women
Bibliography
- Sailing the Sea of Death: The Story of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru
- The Little Stone of Los Alamos
- Japanese Children's War Literature: Prewar, Wartime, Postwar
- Modernity of Children's War Reading Materials
- Has War Children's Literature Conveyed the Truth?
- Disabled People in Children's Literature
- Asia and the Pacific Depicted in Children's Books
- Propaganda to Girls: 'Shoujo Kurabu' and the Asia-Pacific War
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- critical and scholarlyhistorical and evidence-based approach
- Recurring Motifs
- war and childrenboundary between fact and fictionrepresentation of disabilityimages of Asia-Pacific
Legacy
A noted critic and scholar of children's literature, especially on war-related children's literature and representations of disability. Long-time university librarian who contributed important critical perspectives to the field.
Academic Societies
- Japan Children's Literature Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds bibliographic records)
Trivia
- His father, Seiichi Hasegawa, was a poet and editor who planned and edited the 'Encyclopedia of Japanese Children's Literature' (Kawade, 1954).
- He worked at the International Christian University library from 1962 to 1997.