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Shin Torigoe

とりごえ しん

Torigoe Shin

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-12-04 （Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan）
Died
2013-02-14 age 83
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
researcher, writer, university professor, editor
Active Years
1953-2013
Affiliations
Waseda University (Faculty of Education: lecturer, associate professor, professor), Iwanami Shoten (editorial department), Osaka International Children's Literature Museum (chief specialist, board member), Seiwa University (graduate school professor), Chukyo Women's University / Shigakkan University (visiting professor)
Influenced By
Mimei Ogawa, Kōsuke Hamada, Taruhiko Furuta
Influenced
Later researchers of children's literature

Education

Former Himeji High School (old system)
Period: 〜1950
Year of Graduation: 1950
Country: Japan
Attended under old system prior to university transfer
Waseda University
Department of Japanese Literature / Japanese literature
Period: 1950-1953
Year of Graduation: 1953
Country: Japan
Transferred in 1950, graduated 1953

Awards

Japan Children's Literature Association Award
1976
Work: Research on the History of Japanese Children's Literature
Organization: Japan Children's Literature Association
Result: 受賞
Japanese Society for Children's Literature Award
1977
Work: Chronology of Japanese Children's Literature
Organization: Japanese Society for Children's Literature
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award (Special Prize)
1977
Work: Chronology of Japanese Children's Literature
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: 受賞
Akai Tori Literary Award (Special Prize)
1982
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Akai Tori Literary Award Committee
Result: 受賞
International Grimm Award
1993
Organization: International Grimm Award Organization
Result: 受賞
Japanese Society for Children's Literature Award (Special Prize)
2003
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Japanese Society for Children's Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Research on the History of Japanese Children's Literature

1971 children's literature research

An academic study summarizing the history of Japanese children's literature, including bibliographic analysis.

history of children's literaturebibliography

Chronology of Japanese Children's Literature

1975 chronology / reference

A reference work organizing events and publications in Japanese children's literature in chronological form.

children's literature historycompilation of sources

An Introduction to the History of Japanese Children's Literature

2001 introduction

An introductory overview explaining the flow and major events of Japanese children's literature for beginners.

introductioneducation

Bibliography

  • Heroes of Kentucky
  • The Brave Sheriff
  • Introduction to Children's Literature: Children in World Classics
  • Introduction to Children's Literature (Overview)
  • Guide to Japanese Children's Literature
  • Invitation to Children's Literature
  • Children's Literature and Literary Education
  • Picture Books and Tales for Ages 3 to 6
  • Research on the History of Japanese Children's Literature
  • How to Choose and Give Books to Children
  • The World of Children's Literature
  • Children and Culture / Children and Literature
  • Chronology of Japanese Children's Literature, Vol.1
  • Research on the History of Japanese Children's Literature, Vol.2
  • Testimonies on Postwar Children's Literature
  • Fairy Tales of the Four Seasons
  • The Fate of Momotaro
  • Children in World Classics
  • Children's Books Chosen by Children
  • When I Met This Book as a Child
  • 20 People Who Shaped the History of Picture Books
  • Research on Modern Japanese Children's Literature History
  • The Adults of Children's Literature: Notable Supporting Figures
  • Japanese Children's Literature
  • Children's Book Calendar
  • Masterpieces of Children's Parody Songs
  • Encountering Children's Books

Translations by Author

  • Kippee the Cow (translation)
  • I'm Sorry, Mr. Folio (translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
bibliographic and academic analysis-focused styleevidential prose advocating faithful, complete translations
Recurring Motifs
history and systematization of children's literatureapproaches to translation and fidelitychildren's reading culture

Health

  • senility / natural causes
    Health declined in later years; died in 2013

Legacy

Shin Torigoe was an important scholar in Japanese children's literature, highly regarded for his bibliographic research and systematization of literary history. He donated roughly 120,000 volumes to Osaka Prefecture, contributing to the establishment of an international children's literature museum.

Museums

  • Osaka Prefectural International Children's Literature Museum (Torigoe Collection) Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Academic Societies

  • Japanese Society for Children's Literature
  • Japan Children's Literature Association

Archives

  • Torigoe Collection (held at Osaka International Children's Literature Museum)
  • National Diet Library (materials related to Shin Torigoe)

Quotes

  • I'm not simply saying 'give them back.' I want to freeze the budget and go back to the basics to consider ways for the materials to be put to good use.
    Source: Press conference regarding the return of donated books to the Osaka International Children's Literature Museum (2009)

Trivia

  • Donated approximately 120,000 children's and research books to Osaka Prefecture, known as the 'Torigoe Collection'.
  • In 2009 he was involved in a dispute with Governor Hashimoto over the handling and return of donated books.