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Kurusu Yoshio

くるす よしお

Kurusu Yoshio

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1916-01-14 (Takada Village, Inashiki District, Ibaraki Prefecture (now Takada, Inashiki City), Japan)
死没
2001-06-06 85歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
children's writer, author
活動期間
1940年〜2001年

学歴

Ibaraki Prefectural Edosaki High School
国: Japan
Graduated from a former agricultural school

受賞歴

Japan Association of Children's Literature Award
1969
対象作品: Kurosuke
主催: Japan Association of Children's Literature
結果: Won

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Village's Greatest Cherry Tree

1959年 Children's literature

A story about children and the large cherry tree that stands at the heart of their village.

communitynature

Kurosuke

1963年 Children's historical novel

A youth-centered novel set against a historical backdrop; noted for its research-based historical narrative.

historycoming of age

The Bear Who Played the Trumpet

1979年 Picture book

A children's picture book about a bear who plays a brass instrument.

friendshipplay

The Toy Shop of Edo

1970年 Historical novel for young readers

A tale centered on a toy shop in the Edo period.

historyculture

War and Human Life

1973年 Non-fiction

A non-fiction work discussing the effects of war on people's lives and lives lost; reported and educational in nature.

warhumanity

全著作

  • The Village's Greatest Cherry Tree (Mugi Shobo, Ame no Hi Bunko) 1959
  • Japanese Historical Tales Vol.1: Clans and Aristocrats Era (Kasumigaseki Shobo) 1961
  • Kurosuke (Iwasaki Shoten) 1963
  • Korean Schools: A Reportage on Ethnic Education Abroad (Taihei Publishing) 1968
  • Ghost Cloud (Shin Nihon Shuppansha) 1969
  • The Toy Shop of Edo (Iwasaki Shoten) 1970
  • War and Human Life (Shin Nihon Shuppansha) 1973
  • Bunsei Tango Stories (Kaiseisha) 1973
  • Kodayu: Tales of Orosha (Shin Nihon Shuppansha) 1974
  • The Bear Who Played the Trumpet (Poplar Publishing) 1979
  • Collected Children's Literature of Kurusu Yoshio (Iwasaki Shoten), 10 vols., 1983

作風・主題

文体
progressive historical perspectivewell-crafted, concise prose
頻出モチーフ
historical researchchild's perspectivehuman life

評価・遺産

Kurusu Yoshio is regarded in 20th-century Japanese children's literature for his historically based works and carefully researched narrative construction. He left a body of work and a collected edition that influenced readers and scholars.

関連学会

  • Japan Association of Children's Literature

豆知識

  • His original surname was Kimura.
  • He was arrested during the 1941 repression of handwriting/comp book teachers.
  • He won the Japan Association of Children's Literature Award in 1969 for 'Kurosuke'.
  • A 10-volume collected works of Kurusu Yoshio was published by Iwasaki Shoten in 1983.