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Joji Tsubota

つぼた じょうじ

Tsubota Joji

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1890-03-03 (Ishii Village, Ono District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan)
Died
1982-07-07 age 92
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Children's literature author
Active Years
1927-1982
Memberships
Member of the Japan Art Academy, 3rd President of the Japan Association of Children's Literature
Influenced By
Ogawa Mimei
Influenced
Miyoko Matsutani, Kimiko Aman, Teruo Teramura, Makoto Oishi, Yukiyuki Imanishi

Education

Waseda University
English Department
Period: 1908-1915
Year of Graduation: 1915
Country: Japan
Graduated from Waseda University English Department

Awards

Japanese Art Academy Prize
1955
Work: Complete Works of Joji Tsubota
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: Winner
Asahi Prize
1974
Organization: Asahi Shimbun Company
Result: Winner
Honorary Citizen of Okayama
1979
Organization: City of Okayama
Result: Awarded

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Shota's Horse

1927 Children's literature

Children in the Wind

1938 Children's literature

World of Ghosts

1935 Children's literature

Health

  • Pulmonary catarrh of the apex
    1912-1913
    Interrupted university studies

Legacy

He made significant contributions to children's literature and mentored many successors.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Association of Children's Literature

Trivia

  • His third son, Riki Tsubota, is also a children's literature author and researcher.