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Minoru Taketazu

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Taketazu Minoru

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1937-01-01 (Taketazu (now Kunisaki City), Oita Prefecture, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Taketazu (now Kunisaki City), Oita Prefecture, Japan → Koshimizu Town, Shari District, Hokkaido, Japan (worked at local livestock clinic) → Higashikawa, Kamikawa District, Hokkaido, Japan (moved residence)

経歴

職業
essayist, photographer, veterinarian
活動期間
1963年〜

学歴

Gifu University
Faculty of Agriculture / Department of Veterinary Medicine
学位: 学士
卒業年: 1963
国: Japan

受賞歴

Lady Gascoyne Prize
1977
結果: 受賞
Wild Screen (Jury Special Prize)
1986
対象作品: Leads of Hokkaido
部門: 映画
主催: Wild Screen (Bristol)
結果: 受賞(審査員特別賞)
Higashikawa Photography Prize (Special Prize)
1988
部門: 写真
主催: Higashikawa Town
結果: 受賞(特別賞)
Koshimizu Town Culture Award
1992
主催: Koshimizu Town
結果: 受賞
Northern Children's Culture Prize
1997
対象作品: Kingdom of the Forest — What Nature Gave Me
部門: 児童文化(エッセイ)
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award
1998
対象作品: Chun the Sparrow Who Became Family
部門: 児童出版
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (JR Prize)
2007
対象作品: Twelve Months of Okhotsk — A Naturalist Vet's Diary
部門: 児童文学(ノンフィクション)
主催: Sankei Shimbun
結果: 受賞(JR賞)
Fukuda Kiyohito Prize (Children's Nonfiction)
2007
対象作品: Twelve Months of Okhotsk — A Naturalist Vet's Diary
部門: 児童文芸(ノンフィクション)
主催: Fukuda Kiyohito Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Hokkaido Cultural Prize
2008
主催: Hokkaido Prefecture
結果: 受賞
Commendation by the Minister of Education for Regional Cultural Contribution
2010
主催: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
結果: 表彰
Hokkaido Shimbun Cultural Prize
2013
主催: Hokkaido Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Travel Culture Prize
2017
対象作品: AFRICA: Stories of a Journey of Life
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Foxy — Racing the Northern Wilds

1974年 photography / natural history

An early major work focused on observations and photographs of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), reflecting the author's fieldwork around Shiretoko and Koshimizu.

red foxwildlife observationrehabilitation and conservation

Twelve Months of Okhotsk — A Naturalist Vet's Diary

2006年 essays / nonfiction

An essay collection recounting seasonal nature observations and the author's experiences as a veterinarian in the forests around Okhotsk.

seasonal natureveterinary carenaturalist perspective

Chun the Sparrow Who Became Family

1997年 children's book / essay

A children's-oriented essay about rescuing and living with an injured sparrow, exploring life and coexistence.

animal rescuecoexistencefamily

What Helen the Fox Left Behind

1999年 children's book / essay

Through the story of a young fox named Helen, it depicts wildlife rescue and human-animal interactions. This work served as one source for the 2006 film adaptation.

foxconservation activitieshuman and wild
映像化・舞台化
  • [film] The Little Fox Helen / 河野圭太 (2006)

AFRICA: Stories of a Journey of Life

2013年 photography book / travelogue

A photographic and essayistic account of animal observations and veterinary experiences in Africa.

African wildlifetravellife

全著作

  • Foxy — Racing the Northern Wilds
  • Foxy Story (photobook)
  • Happy Farm
  • Messages from the Wild
  • Kingdom of the Forest — What Nature Gave Me
  • Chun the Sparrow Who Became Family
  • What Helen the Fox Left Behind
  • AFRICA: Stories of a Journey of Life

翻案

  • The Little Fox Helen (film, 2006)

作風・主題

文体
nature-based descriptive proseclear, child-friendly styleintegration of photography and text
頻出モチーフ
red foxseasons and naturetreatment, recovery, and rescue

評価・遺産

Drawing on his veterinary fieldwork, he communicated wildlife conservation and coexistence with nature through photography, essays and children's books. He is recognized for contributions to regional culture and highly regarded children's works.

関連学会

  • Hokkaido Natural Science Research Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (holdings)

大衆文化への影響

  • Film 'The Little Fox Helen' (2006, based in part on his work)
  • Documentary 'Foxy Story' (planned and animal supervision)

引用

  • I want to live as a writer.
    出典: Interview (statement upon leaving clinical work)

豆知識

  • Born in 1937.
  • Retired from veterinary practice in 1991 to focus on writing and photography.
  • Conducted long-term studies of the red fox and participated in documentary filmmaking.