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Makoto Oishi

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Oishi Makoto

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1925-12-08 (Shirako Village, Kitaadachi District, Saitama Prefecture (now Wako City), Japan)
死没
1990-09-04 64歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Wako City, Saitama → Akishima, Tokyo

経歴

職業
children's fiction writer, children's author
活動期間
1950年〜1990年
影響を受けた人物
Jōji Tsubota, Miyoko Matsutani
影響を与えた人物
Takuhiro Ohmi, Nobuhiro Watsuki, Teruo Teramura

学歴

Waseda University
School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I / English Literature
期間: 1945-1950
卒業年: 1950
国: Japan
Transferred from a science faculty to English literature

受賞歴

Japan Children's Literature Association Newcomer Award
1953
対象作品: Fūshinki
主催: Japan Children's Literature Association
結果: 受賞
Shogakukan Literature Prize
1977
対象作品: The Disappeared Kuro
主催: Shogakukan
結果: 受賞
Noma Children's Literature Prize (Special Award)
1990
対象作品: The Child Who Couldn't Sleep
主催: Noma Children's Literature Prize Committee
結果: 特別賞受賞
Japan Children's Literature Association Award (Special Prize)
1990
対象作品: The Child Who Couldn't Sleep
主催: Japan Children's Literature Association
結果: 特別賞受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Fūshinki

1953年 children's story

A short story published in the 20th anniversary issue of the Waseda Children's Story Club; one of his representative works and an award winner.

childhood perspectiveimagination

The Chocolate War

children's literature

A popular work long read in elementary schools; depicts classroom and friendships.

school lifefriendshipjustice

Classroom No. 205

children's literature / adapted to live-action film

A school-set story that was adapted into a live-action film.

schoolgrowing up
映像化・舞台化
  • [live-action film] Classroom No. 205 (film)

The Five Missing Elementary Students

1969年 children's science fiction

A children's story with SF elements, illustrated by Shoji Yamada (Yamafuji Shōji).

adventuremystery

The Disappeared Kuro

1977年 children's literature

Published in 1977 and recipient of the Shogakukan Literature Prize.

animalsloss

The Child Who Couldn't Sleep

1990年 children's literature

A late-career work awarded the Noma Children's Literature Prize and the Japan Children's Literature Association Award (special prizes).

children's feelingsfamily

全著作

  • Fūshinki
  • The Chocolate War
  • Classroom No. 205
  • The Five Missing Elementary Students
  • The Disappeared Kuro
  • The Child Who Couldn't Sleep

翻案

  • Classroom No. 205 (adapted to live-action film)

作品の翻訳

  • Translation of Jack London's The Call of the Wild

作風・主題

文体
simple, child-friendly narrative voiceemphasis on scene depiction
頻出モチーフ
school lifeanimalsrobots interacting with children

評価・遺産

A prolific 20th-century Japanese children's author whose works have been included in school textbooks and honoured through awards and local exhibitions. He is commemorated in Wako City with displays and a community bus wrap.

記念館・博物館

  • Shirako Community Center Exhibition Room Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

資料所蔵先

  • Wako City Shirako Community Center (original manuscripts and belongings)
  • National Diet Library (holdings)

大衆文化への影響

  • Wako City community bus 'Fūshinki' wrap (honouring the work)
  • Motif influence on Nobuhiro Watsuki's work (elements in 'Rurouni Kenshin')

豆知識

  • He initially entered a science faculty to avoid military conscription, later transferring to English literature at Waseda University.
  • In Wako City a community bus has been wrapped in a 'Fūshinki' design to commemorate his work.