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International
Institute forChildren’s
Literature,
Osaka
NO.8 Ｏｃｔｏber 2018

Maintaining and Development of IICLO
Miyakawa Takeo, Chief Director

Inside this issue:
Maintaining and Development of
IICLO
1
16th
International
Brothers
Grimm Award Presented toProfessor Roberta Seelinger Trites
2
Tanzanian Picture Book Author
John Kilaka’s Visit to Japan
3
Lecture Series: Children's books in
the U.S.A. and Japan: Exploring
the Relationship
4
Lectures: Appeal of GermanChildren's Literature: From Bushand Ende to the Present Authors
4
Appointed to Be a Jury of the Hans
Christian Andersen Award 2018 5
Winner of the 34th NissanChildren's Storybook and PictureBook Grand Prix
5
IICLO Bulletin No. 31
6Lectures and Activities for Reading
Promotion
6
Events for Children
7
Activities for Reading Promotion 8
Mail Magazine
8
Research Projects
8
Publications and Websites
9
In Appreciation of Book Donations
10

This has been the second year of my second term andmy fourth year as chief director of IICLO.
On the 1st of July, 2018, Yoshihara Takashi, theformer chief of the Kashihara city board of education,
took

over

as

managing

director,succeeding

long-term holder of that position, Kitada Akira. Mr.
Kitada had been the managing director since 2007, then became a
director in 2009, and was appointed to be the managing director again
in 2010 when our foundation had a new start at Osaka Prefectural
Central Library. For us, his retirement is an important juncture in thefoundation's history.
A document called A New Beginning for the Foundation of IICLO
announced on the 1st of April, 2010 by Miyake Okiko, the chief director,
Kitada Akira, the managing director, Takeuchi Kazue, assistantmanager, and Doi Yasuko, senior researcher stated as follows;"We have restarted the foundation at the Osaka Prefectural Central
Library, renewing the system. We are very relieved that we havemanaged to launch it again in these new circumstances." " We are going

to continue to contribute to the field of children’s

projects relating to children's literature; Theliterature and culture. we will restructure ourInternational Grimm Award for Research into

activities, work in closer cooperation with Osaka

Children's

prefectural government and tackle new activities

Prefectural Reading Promotion Policy; and various

positively.

research projects and publications. We also cooperate

We have been performing many public benefit

inprojects such as the dissemination of children's

publications with some private companies.

books through lectures; providing opportunities

In A New Beginning for the Foundation of IICLO, it

for people to become familiar with the culture of

was mentioned that "It is as if the foundation

children's books; children's reading promotion

were a small boat launching itself on to thethrough developing the materials; internationalrough sea". Eight years have passed since we1

some

Literature;for-profit

cooperation

events,with

exhibitions

Osaka

and

started rowing a small boat and we havedevelop this foundation by increasing staffing

managed to keep on our voyage without

and the funding. I would like to thank all of you forcapsizing. I believe that we should try to

your warm support and ask for your continued

maintain this situation and to look for ways toassistance.

16th International Brothers Grimm Award Presented toProfessor Roberta Seelinger Trites
The International Brothers Grimm Award ispresented

bytheInternational

InstituteforChildren’s Literature, Osaka and the Kinran-kai
Foundation and Osaka Prefectural Otemae SeniorHigh School Alumni Kinran-kai every other year to
an individual who has contributed significantly tothe international progress of the research ofchildren’s literature.
The 16th award in 2017 was presented to Professor
Roberta Seelinger Trites of Illinois State University
in the U.S.A and an award presentation ceremony

Literature: Metaphors and Cognition in Adolescentand a commemorative lecture were held.

Literature.

Date: October 1st, 2017and Disturbing the Universe was the winner of theParticipants: 87

2002 Children's Literature Association Book Award.

<Reason for the award>
Seelinger

Trites,Dr. Trites served as President of the Children’s

Distinguished

Literature Association from 2006 to 2007, was an

Professor at Illinois State University is an exemplary

editor of the Children’s Literature Association

researcher of children’s and adolescent literature

Quarterly and Journal from 2000 to 2004 and ran

from around the world.

the ChLA conference in 2008.

Her main works published in book form are;
Beauty:Feminist

VoicesLess public but no less important in the area ofinacademic contribution has been Professor Trites’

Children’s Novels. (1997), Disturbing the Universe:

supervision of a number of students to PhD

Power and Repression in Adolescent Literaturecompletion,(2000), Twain, Alcott, and the Birth of the Adolescent

Adolescent

has

also

done

to

her

outstanding

literature both as an organizer and an educator.

Roberta Seelinger Trites., 2009), and Literaryintestimonysheexpertise and contribution to the field of children’s

That Guide Women’s Lives. (Ed. Betsy Hearne and
Growthsomethinginternationally,

Reform Novel. (2007), A Narrative Compass: Stories

of

are

American Library Association’s Choice Award, 1997

in Kansai University

Conceptualizations

works

Waking Sleeping Beauty was the winner of theTranslator: Matsushita Hiroko, part-time lecturer

Sleeping

these

cultural literary studies.

Lecture: Gender, Power, and the Ethics of Care

Wakingofadolescent literature; feminist studies; historical andRecipient: Dr. Roberta Seelinger Trites (The U.S.A.)

RobertaAll

ground-breaking in their theoretical approaches toPlace: Muto Memorial Hall at Kokumin KaikanDr.

(2014).

Dr. Trites has also contributed to the promotion of2children's literature via her book reviews and by

Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid, Walt

serving as a judge in student creative writing

Disney's film called The Little Mermaid, and Ponyo,competitions. This impressive list of achievements

directed by Miyazaki Hayao, by using a theory of

makes

gender, power and the ethics of care. She concluded

heraworthyrecipient

of

the

16th

International Grimm Award.

that only Ponyo demonstrates ethical caring. At the<Outline of the Commemorative Lecture>end of the lecture she talked about her forthcoming

Professor

Tritessummarized

her

work

book, Twenty-First Century Feminisms in Children'sbyand Adolescent Literature.

introducing her books at the beginning of the lecture.
Then she compared three mermaid stories; Hans

Tanzanian Picture Book Author John Kilaka’s
Visit to Japan
We invited the outstanding Tanzanian picture book author Mr. John Kilaka to give a lecture and run aworkshop for children.

Lecture: My Work under the Baobab Tree

Let's Make a Picture Book with John

Mr. John Kilaka talked about his drawing method

Kilakacalled Tinga Tinga art and traditional storytellingFirst Mr. Kilaka

ulture by showing images of his works at the lecture.

talked about

Date: July 29th, 2017

making picture

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Librarybooks, and thenTranslator: Matsushita Hiroko, part-time lecturer

participantsin Kansai University

made a picture

Participants: 83

book.
Date: July 30th, 2017
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library
Translator: Doi Yasuko
Participants: Primary school children 25＊Co-sponsor: International Library of Children's
Literature, Osaka Prefectural Central Library＊This project was supported by the following
companies: Suntory Holdings Limited., Panasonic
Corporation, Fujitsu Systems Application & SupportLtd., Musashi-I-Techno Ltd.
＊Copies of the report of the lecture and workshop
are available for 1,000 yen.

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Lecture Series: Children's books in the U.S.A. and Japan:
Exploring the Relationship
Since the end of the World War II, Japanese society
has been strongly influenced by the U.S.A. The worldof Japanese children's books is no exception. In thislecture series, how Japan has accepted American
children's books was looked at from three viewpoints.
The lectures pointed out that Japan has been
exposed to only part of the canon of American
children's books, and that this has influenced thepresent situation of Japanese children's books.
Tracing the path of The Little Black Sambo in◆1st lecture: May 29th, 2017

England, the U.S.A. and Japan.

A History of American Children's Books by Looking
at Books Donated to Japanese Children just after thePlace: Osaka Prefectural Central Library

World War II.

Lecturer: Miyake Okiko (Special Advised of IICLO◆2nd lecture: June 24th, 2017and Professor emeritus of Baika Women's College)

Picture Books from the U.S.A to Japan: Iwanami

Participants: 169

Kodomo no Hon Series and Sekai Kessaku Ehon

＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund

Series (Fukuinkan shoten).

＊Copies of the report of the lectures are available◆ 3rd lecture: July 22nd, 2017

for 1200 yen.

Lectures: Appeal of German Children's Literature:
From Bush and Ende to the Present Authorsof

precious German children's books, some of which

German children's literature, has donated many

were used for her translations, to our foundation. In

Ueda Maniko, an

outstandingtranslator

4commemoration of this, we invited Ueda Maniko and＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund

Sakayori Shinich to give lectures on history of＊Copies of the report of the lectures are available

Japanese reception and the present situation offor 800 yen.

German children's literature.

* An exhibition called "The Charm of German

Date: November 12th, 2017Children's Literature: the Works of Ueda Maniko"Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library

was held at Osaka Prefectural Central Library from

Lectures: Ueda Maniko (German translator) andNovember 10th to December 28th in 2017. It was

Sakayori Shinich (Professor of Wako University andorganized by International Library of Children's

German translator)

Literature, Osaka Prefectural Central Library andParticipants: 101

IICLO cooperated by selecting materials and writing＊Co-sponsor: Osaka Prefectural Central Library

explanatory notes.

Appointed to Be a Jury of the Hans ChristianAndersen Award 2018
Doi Yasuko, a director of IICLO and JBBY wasAwards recognize lifelong achievement and areappointed to be a jury-member for the Hanspresented to an author and an illustrator whose

Christian Andersen Award 2018 organized by IBBY

complete works have made an important, lastingand participated in the jury meeting held in Basel,

contribution to children's literature. There are ten

Switzerland.

members of the jury, from Russia, Spain, Egypt andArgentina etc. Ms. Doi

The Hans Christian Andersen Award is thealso went to Bologna

highest international recognition given to an author

Children’s Book Fair in March where the awardee

and an illustrator of children's books. Given every

was announced.

other year by IBBY, the Hans Christian Andersen

Winner of the 34th Nissan Children's Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
☆In the Picture Book Category

The 34th Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture＊Grand Prix＊

Book Grand Prix, a storybook and picture book

Koguma no Ari to Akai Boshi (Early, the Little

contest for new authors, was held and 37 works were

Bear and a Red Hat) by Wada Ai

chosen.

Award Ceremony
Date: March 4, 2017

＊There were 2,993entries ; 2,508 volumes in the
Storybook Category and 485 volumes in thePlace: Lighty Hall, Osaka Prefectural Central

PictureLibraryBook Category

In cooperation with Nissan Motor Corporation☆In the Storybook Category＊Grand Prix＊＊The books by the winners of the 33rd Grand Prix

Buu Buu Mama (oink oink Mum) by Shojiboth in the Storybook Category and the Picture Book

Tomoko5Category were published by BL Publishing in
December, 2017.
In the Storybook Category

Kometogi-yuurei no Yoneko-san (Yoneko, theRice-Washing Ghost) text by Ebata Eri,
illustrated by Kobayashi Yutaka (Left).
In the Picture Book Category

Gyu (“Hug”) by Mifusama (Right).

IICLO Bulletin No. 31
IICLO advertised for articles on children’s literature for IICLO Bulletin No.31 and one article was accepted.
<Contents>
The Politics of Bunshi (writers)'s Social Status in the

Magazines for Boys in order to Review

Late Meiji Period: Looking at IWAYA Sazanami's

Jitsugyo-no-Nihonsha's Publishing Strategy by Doi

Idea That Bunshi Should Be Accorded Respect by

YasukoMeguro Tsuyoshi【Lecture for the International Grimm Award】

Explanatory Notes on Specific Items in the Magazine

Gender, Power, and the Ethics of Care by Roberta

Shonen (Boys) No.6 by Endo Jun

Seelinger Trites

An Examination of the First Issue of Nippon Shonen(Japan Boys) and a Comparison with Other

Lectures and Activities for Reading Promotion
board of education and Hito to Hon wo Tsumugu

1. Dispatch IICLO Staff for LecturesKai)

IICLO dispatched our staff to give 44 lectures tolibrarians, school librarians, teachers, volunteers for(3) Serving as a judge for the “The composition ofchildren’s book activities, parents and people who

experiences that expand the Kokoro-no-wa “circle

are interested in children’s books, giving advice onof the heart” (Kokoro-no-wa) 2017 contest (Osakabook selection and reading promotion, running aprefecture welfare department)(4) Serving as a judge for the 36th competition forcourse on conveying the pleasure of books andpoems and book reports connected with humanparticipating in reading clubs etc.

rights.

(Organized

by

Osaka

prefecture,

2. Judging and committee member duties

Education Council of Osaka prefecture, and(1) Serving as a judge for the 13th Osaka Children’s

Committee for Human rights in Osaka)(5) Serving on the book selecting committee ofBook Band contest (Organized by Osaka reading

Smile With Picture books Project by the Osakapromotion committee and Asahi Newspaper)

Izumi Co-operative Society(2) Serving as a judge for the 27th Mino hand-madeKamishibai contest (Organized by Mino city6

Events for Children
Story Monorail
A unique event “Story Monorail” was held in which

Support: Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd., Hankyu Realty

participants enjoyed stories in a reserved monorailCo., Ltd.

carriage and watched a puppet play in Saito. The＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund2017 “Story Monorail” was the eleventh event in thisseries.
Date: September 16, 2017
Participants: 240
Performers: IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet
Play Circle Palette
Storytelling sessions and workshops(1) Event for looking at old Kamishibai

school pupils at Toyonaka City Higashioka Primary

We held an event with a performance of

School etc.

Gaito-Kamishibai.
Date: September 2nd, 2017(4) Story-telling session in a children’s home

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library・ One story-telling session at a children’s home:

Performers: Shiozaki Otogi Kamishibai Museum

Performer, Ohanashi Poppo

staff
Host: Osaka Prefectural Central Library and(5) Children’s story exchanges between China, Korea,

IICLO

and Japan were held in Korea and IICLO staff lead

Supporter: Shiozaki Otogi Kamishibai Museum

Japanese children to Korea. (August 17th to 23rd in2017).

(2)Eight story-telling sessions, one puppet show andParticipants: 100

one workshop for children were run at the Children’sPlace: Seoul and Jeju Island

reading room in Osaka Prefectural Central Library

Host: The Executive Committee of Children’s story

by IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet Play Circle

exchanges between China, Korea, and Japan

Palette.
(6) Participation in planning of foundation projects(3) Story-telling session and workshop in a primary

by Ohanashi Poppo and Puppet Play Circle Palette

school and a library

Volunteer groups belonging to IICLO participated・Story-telling session at Suita City Yamada-ekimaein the planning of various projects to connect

Library (twice): Performer, Ohanashi Poppo

children with books.

・Conducting three stories workshops for primary

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Activities for Reading Promotion at Osaka Prefectural
Government
prefecture, IICLO participated in the planning ofParticipation in the drawing up of the council forthepromotion’s

plan

for

children’s

the council for the promotion plan for children’s

readingreading activities in Osaka prefecture and attended

activities in Osaka prefecture

four meetings with other groups and organizations

Based on “The promotion plan of children’sconcerned with children’s reading activities.

reading activities” that were promoted by Osaka

Mail Magazine
IICLO issues a mail magazine around the 20th of each month. Subscription is free, and we hope you willsubscribe. As of July 20th 2017, there were 2,677 subscribers. The contents are as follows.
<Contents>
1. Information from IICLO

activities, which explain the basic points: how to

2. Columnchoose and read picture books to children.

(1) Talk on a recently published children’s book:(4) Places to go! :IICLO professional staff talk about a new book

Reports on exhibitions, films and lectures related towith specialists in children's literature.

children’s literature and culture 3. Information
about events on children’s literature and culture in(2) Essays on children's literature:

Japan: introducing events by other groups

An essay written by the chief director and the
IICLO professional staff on children's literature, for

3. Information about events on children’s literature

example on the work ofand culture in Japan: introducing events by otherMiyazawa Kenji(3) Introductory guidance for volunteers who readgroupspicture books to children:

4. Present: A book chosen by lottery is introduced in“Talk”A series of lectures for volunteers who do reading

Research Projects
Research Project Studying the Historyof Children's Publishing Culture: The Roleof Jitsugyo no Nihonsha

The IICLO is conducting a joint project withresearchers from outside the institute to study

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Jitsugyo no Nihonsha publishing.

・A three articles were inserted in IICLO Bulletin No.

Research project on
culture in Showa Japan

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・Lecture and showing slides : “Screen Culture in the・Research members: Asaoka Yasuou, professor ofShowa Period and Lantern Slides” on the 1st of July

Shirayuri University, Kagawa Msanobu, curator ofat Osaka prefectural Central Library. Co-sponsor:

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Hisory, Kakimoto

Kansai Branch of the Japan Society of Children’sMayo, lecturer of Jin-Ai University, Sakai Masayo,

Literature.

professor of Aichi Shukutoku University, Matsumoto・ Research members: An Ni, special professor of

Ikuko, curator of Kariya City Art Museum, Meguro

Japan Institute of Moving Image, Okada Hidenori,

Tsuyoshi, assistant professor of Kobe University,

researcher of National Museum of Modern Art,

Miyakawa Takeo, chief director of IICLO, Endo Jun,

Tokyo, Kamiy Makiko, researcher of National

IICLO special researcher/ associate professor ofMuseum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Toba Koji, professor

Kacho College, Komatsu Satoko, IICLO specialof Waseda University, Doi Yasuko, Washitani Hana,

researcher, Doi Yasuko, IICLO senior researcher

special researcher of IICLO.

＊ The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for＊ The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for

Scientific Research and was selected for funding

Scientific Research and was selected for funding

through 2017-20.

through 2019-22.

・Research meetings: 3

lanternslide

Publications and Websites
Hon Navi Kids, Book Research System

・Editorial supervision for a pamphlet called

Smile With Picture Books by the Osaka Izumi“Hon Navi Kids (Book Navigation for Kids)” is asystem where children play on our internet database,Co-operative Society.

choosing words and feelings to find the books they

Recommended Children’s Books
Shinken Seminor’s Internet Librarylike.
IICLO independently drew up the keywords andthe outlines of stories. In 2017 we added 1173 titles.

for

IICLO was asked by Benesse Corporation to selectrecommended books for an internet library.

This project is being conducted in collaboration
with Fujitsu Systems Applications & Support

Materials issued by IICLO

Limited.

・Reports on the Lecture : Children’s Literature

between the U.S.A. and Japan

Picture Book Making Workshops for Kids

1,200 yen

IICLO opened a web site called Picture Book

・Reports on Lectures: Appeal of German Children's

Making Workshops for Kids in 2013. We devised

Literature From Bush and Ende to the Present

workshops according to the site and added some

Authors

800yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project incontent.

2017 : John Kilaka Talks about His Work, Let’s
Make a Picture Book with Tanzanian Picture

Contracted cooperative work for planningby publishers

Book Author John Kilaka

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1,200 yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project in・Reports on an International Exchange Project in2016 : International Forum : Looking at the

2012: The World of David Wiesner, Picture Book

History of American Children's Literature

Author—Pictures Talk, Making a Picture Book
with Picture Book Author David Wiesner!

1,000 yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project in

1,000 yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project in2015 : “Picture Book Author Emily Gravett
Talked about her Works—Living in Pictures” /2010: Symposium Picture Books in Asia “Picture

Let’s Make a Picture Book with British Picture

Books Cross Borders—Picture Books in ChineseBook Author Emily Gravett! 1,000 yen

Speaking Countries Now” 500 yen

・Reports on an International Exchange Project in・IICLO Bulletin No. 1-30

1,000 yen – 1,900 yen

・A Collection of Essays, Reports on symposium

2013: “Picture Book Author Lauren Child Talked
about her Works—My worries are infinite” / Let’s

Picture Books in Taiwan 1,900 yen

Make a Picture Book with British Picture Book
Author Lauren Child!

1,000 yen

In Appreciation of Book Donations
We have received many donations of Children’s books and materials about them from publishers, authors,
researchers and small magazine circles. These materials were taken over by Osaka Prefectural Central
Library International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka for preservation in perpetuity and are open to
the public.
The number of donations of this year
Books
2,941
Magazines
3,595
Others
1,388
Total
7,924items

蒋 風 (China)
Lastenkirjainstituutti (Finland)
Gallimard Jeunesse (France)
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany)
Societäts-Verlag (Germany)
Michalis Argiridis (Greece)
Marcella M.Mariotti (Italy)
National Hangeul Museum (Korea)
Kestutis Urba (Lituania)
IBBY-Nederlands (Nederlands)
Toin Duijx (Netherland)
Svenska barnboksinstitutet (Sweden)
Swedish Art Council (Sweden)
Zensekai förlag (Sweden)
Baobab Books (Switzerland)
Schweizerisches Institut für Kinder-und Jugendmedien (Switzerland)
高 明美 (Taiwan)
The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, 2018
All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.

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