Ryoko Yamagishi

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Ryoko Yamagishi
山岸やまぎし 凉子りょうこ
Born (1947-09-24) September 24, 1947 (age 76)
Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Awards

Ryoko Yamagishi (山岸やまぎし 凉子りょうこ, Yamagishi Ryōko, born September 24, 1947, in Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido) is a Japanese manga artist. She is one of the Year 24 Group, a collection of female artists who innovated shōjo (girls') manga throughout the 1970s.[1][2] Her major works include Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi and Maihime Terpsichora.

Life and career[edit]

Ryoko Yamagishi was born on September 24, 1947, in Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan.[3][4] As a child, she studied ballet, which plays a part in many of her works. When she read the manga of Machiko Satonaka in 1964, she decided to pursue becoming a manga artist. Although her parents did not agree with this, in 1966 she entered a competition in Shōjo Friend and was a semi-finalist. She applied to Kodansha and sent some short stories to COM. In 1968, after completing her art studies in Hokkaido, she moved to Tokyo and applied for Shueisha. The next year, she made her professional debut with Left and Right, a short story published in Ribon Comic, a spin-off of Ribon.[3]

In 1971, she released the one-shot manga Shiroi Heya no Futari, which tells the story of a romance between two students at an all-girls boarding school in France. It was published by Shueisha in Ribon Comic and is regarded as the first yuri (female-female romance) manga.[5]

Style and themes[edit]

Her works normally have occult themes, although her most popular are Arabesque, about Russian ballet, and Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi.[6] According to Yoshihiro Yonezawa, Yamagishi's style is influenced by Art Nouveau.[7][full citation needed]

Reception[edit]

In 1983, she won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo manga category for Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi.[8]

She worked on Maihime Terpsichora, which was nominated for the 9th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2005[9] and won the 11th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2007.[10] It was also among the jury-selected works of Japan Media Arts Festival 2002.[11]

Her work was exhibited at the Yayoi Museum [ja] in Tokyo from September to December 2016.[12]

Works[edit]

Serializations[edit]

List of serialized manga by Ryoko Yamagishi
Title Year(s) Notes Ref(s)
Arabesque [ja]: Part 1 (アラベスク（第だい1部ぶ）) 1971–1973 Serialized in Ribon
Published by Shueisha in 4 volumes 		[13]
Arabesque: Part 2 (アラベスク（第だい2部ぶ）) 1974–1975 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 4 volumes 		[13]
Metamorphosis Den [ja] (メタモルフォシス伝でん) 1976 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 2 volumes 		[14][15][16]
Yōsei-ō [ja] (妖精ようせい王おう) 1977–1978 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 5 volumes
Adapted into an OVA by Madhouse in 1988 		[17][18]
Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi (日にち出処しゅっしょの天子てんし) 1980–1984 Serialized in LaLa
Published by Hakusensha in 11 volumes
Based on the life of Prince Shōtoku 		[19]
Yamato Takeru (ヤマトタケル) 1986–1987 Serialized in Monthly Asuka
Published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1 volume
Based on the kabuki play by Takeshi Umehara 		[20][21]
Fūin (封印ふういん) 1994–1995 Serialized in LaLa
Published by Hakusensha in 2 volumes
Re-released as Tutankhamun volumes 1–2 		[22][23]
Tutankhamun (ツタンカーメン) 1996–1997 Serialized in Comic Tom [ja]
Published by Ushio Publishing [ja] in 2 volumes
Combined with Fūin for a total of 4 volumes 		[22][23]
Oni (鬼おに) 1995–1996 Serialized in Comic Tom
Published by Ushio Publishing in 1 volume 		[24][25]
Ao no Jidai [ja] (青青あおあおの時代じだい) 1998–2000 Serialized in Comic Tom Plus
Published by Ushio Publishing in 4 volumes 		[26]
Hakuganshi (白眼しろめ子こ) 2000 Serialized in Comic Tom Plus
Published by Ushio Publishing in 1 volume 		[27][28]
Maihime Terpsichora (舞姫まいひめ テレプシコーラ) 2000–2006 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 10 volumes 		[29][30]
Maihime Terpsichora: Part 2 (舞姫まいひめ テレプシコーラ（第だい2部ぶ）) 2007–2010 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 5 volumes 		[29][30]
Wilis [ja] (ヴィリ) 2006–2007 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 1 volume 		[31][32]
Kesaran Pasaran (ケサラン・パサラン) 2011–2012 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 2 volumes 		[33][34]
Revelation: Keiji (レベレーション（啓示けいじ）) 2014–2020 Serialized in Morning
Published by Kodansha in 6 volumes
Based on the life of Joan of Arc 		[35][36]

Selected one-shots[edit]

List of selected one-shot manga by Ryoko Yamagishi
Title Year Notes Ref(s)
Left and Right (レフトアンドライト) 1969 Published in Ribon Comic
Debut work 		[3][37]
Shiroi Heya no Futari (白しろい部屋へやのふたり) 1971 Published in Ribon Comic
First manga to portray a lesbian relationship 		[5][38]
Ame to Cosmos (雨あめとコスモス) 1971 Published in Ribon [39]
Siren (セイレーン) 1977 Published in Hana to Yume [40]
Pupe Shimōnu (プぺ・シモーヌ) 1977 Published in Hana to Yume [40]
Kuro no Helen (黒くろのヘレネ―) 1979 Published in Hana to Yume
Based on the story of Helen of Troy 		[41]
Yasha Gozen (夜叉やしゃ御前ごぜん) 1982 Published in Petit Comic [42]

Art books[edit]

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
List of art books by Ryoko Yamagishi
1Yamagishi Ryōko Gashū: Terasu (山岸やまぎし凉子りょうこ画集がしゅう 光こう)September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)[43][44]978-4-309-27755-4
Released in conjunction with Yamagishi's first full-scale art exhibition at the Yayoi Museum [ja] in Tokyo.[45]
2Yamagishi Ryōko Genga-shū: Kanaderu (山岸やまぎし凉子りょうこ原げん画集がしゅう 奏そう)March 2020 (2020-03)[46][47]—
Released in celebration of Yamagishi's 50th anniversary as a manga artist. Includes 20 art reproductions, printed from high quality, color corrected scans of the originals, stored in a cloth-lined box.[46]

References[edit]

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  29. ^ a b 第だい11回かい 2007（手塚てづか治虫おさむ文化ぶんか賞しょう20周年しゅうねん：朝日新聞あさひしんぶんデジタル）. Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 20th Anniversary (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved September 2, 2020. Text: 「『舞姫まいひめ テレプシコーラ』は、第だい1部ぶが00～06年ねんに、第だい2部ぶが07～10年ねんに雑誌ざっし『ダ・ヴィンチ』で連載れんさいされた。」 Translation: "The first part of Maihime Terpsichora was serialized from 2000–2006 and the second part from 2007–2010 in Da Vinci magazine."
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Further reading[edit]

  • Amano, Masanao (2004). Wiedemann, Julius (ed.). Manga Design. Taschen. pp. 534–537. ISBN 3-8228-2591-3.

External links[edit]

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