JAPAN FOUNDATION and JBBYHall 29 C/15
Event Schedule April 8 - April 11 2024

MONDAY 8 April
Hall 30 Translators Cafe
13:00 - 14:00
Lecture: Italian Children's Books in Japan 2024
IT EN
INADA Shuko, Librarian at the Italian Culture Institute of Tokyolibrarian at the Italian Culture
Institute of Tokyo, will present an analysis on the tendencies seen in translated editions ofItalian children’s books in Japan, together with a presentation of recent titles introduced tothe Japanese market, and some of the translators who have distinguished themselves in thisfield.

TUESDAY 9 April
Hall 29 C/15 JF & JBBY Joint Booth
10:30 – 11:30
Portfolio Review by KAKINOKIHARA Masahiro, art director*Please book in advance by Monday 16:30 at the JF & JBBY Joint Booth
10:30 – 10:45 Portfolio Review 1
10:45 – 11:00 Portfolio Review 2
11:00 - 11:15 Portfolio Review 3
11:15 – 11:30 Portfolio Review 4
Hall 29 C/15 JF & JBBY Joint Booth
12:00 - 12:30
Kamishibai Performance: JP ENNOZAKA Etsuko, translator and one of the founders of the International Kamishibai
Association of Japan (IKAJA), will perform three kamishibai, Grow Grow Grow Bigger!,Wapper the Kind Monster and Mr. Cook in a Sulky Mood.
Hall 29 C/15 JF & JBBY Joint Booth
14:00 - 14:30
Mini Lecture: Where to Encounter Children's Books in Japan: Museums, Librariesand Bookstores
ENIf you are interested in picture books and want to travel to Japan, come and listen to FUKUI
Chie, Assistant Director of the Resources and Information Division at the International
Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL), National Diet Library, who will give you some tips on
the best places to enjoy picture books: fascinating picture book museums, active libraries
with the best children’s sections, must visit bookshops and more!

Hall 29 C/15

JF & JBBY Joint Booth15:00 - 15:30
Book Talk:
JP EN
FURIYA Nana, illustrator and author, jury member of the Illustrators Exhibition 2022 andillustrator for the IBBY International Children’s Book Day poster 2024 will present her recentworks.
Hall 29 C/15
JF & JBBY Joint Booth
16:30
JAPAN FOUNDATION JBBY Joint Booth - Opening Reception Catering by the Japanese restaurant Yuzuya, Bologna
WEDNESDAY 10 April
Hall 29 C/15
JF & JBBY Joint Booth
10:00 – 11:00
Portfolio Review by TAKUBO Haruka, editor, Kodansha [Hall 29 B/14]*Please book in advance by Monday 16:30 at the JF & JBBY Joint Booth
10:00 – 10:15 Portfolio Review 5
10:15 – 10:30 Portfolio Review 6
10:30 – 10:45 Portfolio Review 7
10:45 - 11:00 Portfolio Review 8
15:00 – 16:00

Portfolio Review by TAKANO Naoko, editor, international publishing*Please book in advance by Monday 16:30 at the JF & JBBY Joint Booth
15:00 – 15:15 Portfolio Review 9
15:15 – 15:30 Portfolio Review 10
15:30 – 15:45 Portfolio Review 11
15:45 – 16:00 Portfolio Review 12
16:30 – 17:30Portfolio Review by IIZUKA Yukiko, Foreign Rights Manager Sekai Bunka Holdings Inc.
[Hall 29 Mall 1]*Please book in advance by Monday 16:30 at the JF & JBBY Joint Booth
16:30 – 16:45 Portfolio Review 13
16:45 – 17:00 Portfolio Review 14
17:00 – 17:15 Portfolio Review 15
17:15 – 17:30 Portfolio Review 16

Authors Cafè
17:30 - 18:30
Lecture: New Creative and Imaginary Evolutions in Japanese Picture Books
EN IT
HIROMATSU Yukiko, picture book critic and author
Through a presentation of picture books created by the most captivating artists of our times,
HIROMATSU Yukiko, critic and author, will give an analysis on the characteristics of recent

picture books in Japan seen in the use of creative techniques, format, printing and ways touse imagination.

THURSDAY 11 April
Hall 30
Translators Cafè
11:30 - 13:30
Workshop: EHON HONYAKU DOJO Translating Japanese Picture Books into Italian
JP IT*Please book in advance by Monday 16:30 at the JF & JBBY Joint BoothMaria Elena TISI, University of Bologna
MORIIZUMI Ayami, Collaborator JBBY/Itabashi Art Museum
Translating a picture book requires a dive into the context of the imaginary. If this immersive journeyis undertaken with fellow travelers, we may at times alight upon amazing solutions. In this workshop
we will translate one or two picture books per group (five books in total selected from the JF & JBBY
stand at per H29 C16) group, analyzing thoroughly both text and images.
Laboratorio: EHON HONYAKU DŌJŌ Traduzione dei libri illustrati giapponesi (in lingua italiana)
Maria Elena TISI, Universita’ degli studi di Bologna
MORIIZUMI Ayami, Collaboratrice JBBY/Itabashi Art Museum
Per tradurre un libro illustrato, dobbiamo fare un tuffo dentro il contesto immaginario. L'immersione,
se fatta insieme ai compagni di viaggio, spesso aiuta ad arrivare a soluzioni sorprendenti. In questo
laboratorio, lavoreremo in gruppo per tradurre (analizzare, interpretare le immagini, adattare ecc.) 1o 2 libri per gruppo,tra un totale di 5 titoli presenti allo stand della Japan Foundation e della JBBY al
H29 C/15.