Murasaki Yamada (やまだ
Murasaki Yamada | |
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Born | Mitsuko Yamada September 5, 1948 Tokyo, Japan |
Died | Kyoto, Japan | May 5, 2009 (aged 60)
Nationality | Japanese |
Area(s) | Manga artist, essayist, poet |
Spouse(s) | One previous husband (separated 1981, divorced 1983)[1] Chikao Shiratori[2] |
Life
editShe was born in Taishidō , Setagaya, Tokyo as Mitsuko Yamada, on September 5, 1948. She began drawing artwork as a child. She lived with her grandparents while her mother and sister lived separately; they all lived in Taishidō. Her father died from tuberculosis.[3] She attended Fujimigaoka High School , beginning in 1963, and played in a band, "Weeping Love Strings," with four men/boys.[4] She married one of them in October 1971, and the two moved to a danchi apartment in Takashimadaira .[5]
She used the pen name "Murasaki Neko" for her poetry work, and later incorporated "Murasaki" into her standard pen name. Ryan Holmberg, the translator of Talk to My Back, stated that the name "Murasaki" reminds one of Murasaki Shikibu and that the name had "poetic connotations" to the author's liking.[6] Additionally, Yamada's daughter, Yū Yamada, stated that Yamada liked the color of purple dyes from lithospermum erythrorhizon, also known as "murasaki". Yamada had a preference for cats, which appears in her works.[6]
She made her debut as a professional manga artist in 1969 in Osamu Tezuka's avantgarde magazine COM and had formal art training before becoming a manga artist.[7] When COM stopped being published, she started working for Garo magazine instead. Her first short story in Garo was "Oh, the Ways of the World" (ああせけんさま Aa Seken-sama) in 1971. For another short story, "When the Wind Blew" (
She separated from her first husband in 1981, and he moved out of her residence. The divorce was complete in 1983. She accused her first husband of spousal abuse.[1]
Yamada ran for a seat in the 1989 Japanese House of Councillors election as part of the Chikyū Club political organization. She lost, along with others in her party. It was the only time she ran for office.[10]
From 2006 on, she taught at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga.[11] In 2007, she also moved to Kyoto.[9]
She married Chikao Shiratori , and was last legally known as Mitsuko Shiratori (
Yamada died at Kyoto Hospital on May 5, 2009, age 60, due to intracerebral hemorrhage.[14][9]
Style
editImpact
editFrederik L. Schodt regarded her work as particularly important because of the feminist message, rare in shōjo manga. Yamada influenced Hinako Sugiura and Yōko Kondō, her former assistants.[7] The three of them were referred to as the "Three Garo Girls" (ガロ
Works
editTitle | Year | Notes | Refs |
---|---|---|---|
"My Left Hand..." (ひだり |
May 1969 | Published in COM. | [17] |
"Touch-me-not" ( |
July 1969 | Published in COM. | [18] |
"That's Mine" (あれわわたしの Are wa watashi no) | October 1969 | Published in COM. | [19] |
"Poems to the Empyrean" (Sora e no uta) | March-December 1970 | A collection of poems with illustrations, published in COM. | [20] |
"My Lover" (わたしの |
May 1970 | Published in Funny, a magazine. It was one of her two shōjo manga. | [21] |
"I Have a Question" (しつもんがありんす Shitsumon ga arimasu) | August 1970 | Published in COM. | [22] |
"Oh, the Ways of the World" (ああせけんさま Aa Seken-sama) | February 1971 | One-shot in Garo | [23] |
"Sassy Cats" ( |
March 1973 | Published in Apple Core (アップルコア). In 1978 a version with new illustrations was published in Garo. | [24] |
"When the Wind Blew" ( |
May 15, 1973 | Published in Big Comic | [25] |
"My Blue Star" (わたしの |
September 1978 | One-shot in Gals Life (ギャルズライフ). Described by Holmberg as a shōjo work "For all intents and purposes", it was published under the author name Mitsuko Nagatsuki ( |
[26] |
Sassy Cats ( |
August 1980 | Published by Seirindō | [27] |
Talk to My Back (しんきらり, Shin Kirari) | 1981–1984 | A slice-of-life story about a mother and wife who realises her marriage is failing. Serialized in Garo, published in 2 vol. by Seirindō. Translated into English by Drawn & Quarterly |
[28] |
Dumdums and Wildcat ( |
October 1981 | Published by Seirindō. | [29] |
A Blue Flame,[30] known in Japan as A Shimmering Pale Color (ゆらりうす |
1983-1984 | Published in Comic Morning, and in book form by Kodansha. In 1986 it was adapted into a film titled Bed In (ベッド・イン). Published in English by Drawn & Quarterly in the collection Second Hand Love. | [31][32] |
A Cat Watches from the Trees (Ki no ue de neko ga miteru) | 1983-1992 | Published in La Mer. | [33] |
His Majesty, Mr. Goldfish (Kingyō no tonosama) | 1984-1985 | Published in Comic Baku . | [31] |
The Burden of Happiness (しあわせつぶて Shiawase tsubute) | 1984-1985 | Published in Shinsen. | [31] |
This Is How Cats Have Come and Gone (Kōshite neko ga fuetari hettari) | 1985-1986 | Published in Garo. | [31] |
Second Hand Love[a] | 1986-1987 | Published in Comic Baku. Published in English by Drawn & Quarterly in the collection Second Hand Love. | [32] |
Yume no Maigo-tachi: Les Enfants Reveurs ( |
1988-1990 | with Yōko Isaka , published in Garo | [33] |
Blue Sky | 1992–1993 | Follows a woman's life and struggles after she divorces. | |
Otogizōshi ( |
1997 | A manga adaptation of Otogizōshi, a traditional tale. | |
Ai no Katachi ( |
2004 |
Footnotes
editReferences
edit- Citations
- ^ a b Holmberg,Talk to My Back, p. xxiv.
- ^ a b "Feminist Manga Creator Murasaki Yamada Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. x (Google Books PT374).
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xi.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxii.
- ^ a b Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p.xii (Google Books PT358).
- ^ a b c d Frederik L. Schodt (1996). Dreamland Japan. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 155–159. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ "やまだ
紫 ,漫画 家 ,マンガ家 ,女性 ,詩人 ,性悪 猫 ,しんきらり,ガロ,COM,年譜 ". やまだ紫 ,漫画 家 ,マンガ家 ,女性 ,詩人 ,性悪 猫 ,しんきらり,ガロ,COM,年譜 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-21. - ^ a b c "やまだ
紫 ,漫画 家 ,マンガ家 ,女性 ,詩人 ,性悪 猫 ,しんきらり,ガロ,COM,年譜 ". やまだ紫 ,漫画 家 ,マンガ家 ,女性 ,詩人 ,性悪 猫 ,しんきらり,ガロ,COM,年譜 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2023-01-21. - ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiv-xxxv.
- ^ a b やまだ
紫 (in Japanese). Kyoto Seika University. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2009-05-14. - ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxvii.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxvi.
- ^ a b "Feminist Manga Creator Murasaki Yamada Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
- ^ Marca, Paolo La (2018-07-12). "La fidanzata di Minami, di Uchida Shungiku. La svolta pop di "Garo"". Fumettologica (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-01-21.
- ^ a b Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxviii.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xiii.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. ixv.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xvii-xviii.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xvi.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, pp. xviii-ixx
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, pp. xvii
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xviii.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxi.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xx.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxv.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxvi.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxviii.
- ^ Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxvii-xxviii.
- ^ Hong, Terry (2024-04-15). "Second Hand Love". Booklist. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- ^ a b c d Holmberg, Talk to My Back, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiii.
- ^ a b Holmberg, Ryan. "CviCh5tP65Z". Retrieved 2024-02-09 – via Instagram.
- ^ a b Holmberg, Talk to My Back, p. xxxiv.
- ^ "ゆらりうす
色 " (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
- Bibliography
- Holmberg, Ryan (July 2022). "The Life and Art of Yamada Murasaki". In Yamada, Murasaki (ed.). Talk to My Back. Translated by Ryan Holmberg. Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly. pp. vii–xli. ISBN 978-1-77046-563-3.
External links
edit- Google books (in Italian)