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International
Institute forChildren’s
Literature,
Osaka

NO.3 Ｏｃｔｏber 2013

for

Put New Wine into New Bottles
Miyake Okiko, Chief Director

Inside this issue:
Put New Wine into New
Bottles1
Forum：Keep ExploringChildren's Literature andCulture2
American Picture Book Author
David Wiesner Visit to Japan
2
Lecure of British Children'sBook Author David Almond
3
An Exhibition of NostalgicChildren's Books from the
1970s
4
KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND
Memorial Projects
5
Hon Navi Kids, Book Research
System5
Lectures and Activities for
Reading Promotion
6
Events for Children
6
Activities for Reading
Promotion
8
Mail Magazine
8
Research Projects
9
Publications
10
In Appreciation of Book
Donations10

I would like to thank you for the warm
encouragement and support that made it possible
for to continue and hold various projects in thethree years since the new organization of theInternational Institute of Children’s Literature,
Osaka (IICLO) started. In 2012 the three year
transition period for from the former IICLO to the“International Institute of Children’s Literature in
Osaka Prefectural Central Library” finished. We
will continue to cooperate to contribute to society through children’s books
and children’s culture from within this new framework.
Last autumn, we held the forum “Keep Exploring Children’s Literature andCulture—Looking back on the work of Nakagawa Masafumi, scholar ofchildren’s literature” and published a report on the proceedings. During thatprocess of planning the forum, we received and a huge collection of books
and materials donated by Professor Nakagawa, which gave us the chance tothink about the meaning of his various activities.
On February 14th, 2013, Professor Torigoe Shin who donated the “Torigoe
Collection” to us and was the special advisor to our institute passed away at

the age of 83. We can appreciate his keen desires for the future from the children’s books he collected throughhis life. We will carry out the wishes of Professors Nakagawa and Torigoe by making the most of their valuable
materials. For the last three years we have directed our thoughts to these forerunners, whose courses of action
were different but who both achieved great things.
From April 2013 our Japanese name was changed to “Ippan Zaidan Houjin Osaka Kokusai Jidoubungaku
Shinkou Zaidan” literally the general incorporated foundation, international children’s literature promotion
foundation. (the English name is the same, International Institute of Children’s Literature, Osaka.) Although
there are new articles of association and a new system for the board, the contents of our undertaking arealmost the same. However, as in the proverb “Put new wine into new bottles”, we have a good chance to search
for way to “promote children’s literature” in the future. We have faith in and will report on “ways of making
new wine”. We hope you will continue to give us your advice, support and suggestions.

1Forum :Keep Exploring Children’s Literature and Culture;
Looking back on the work of Nakagawa Masafumi, scholar of children’s literature
We held the forum of looking back on the work of

Cooperation:

Nakagawa Masafumi who was our special advisor

Education

and who passed away on October 13th, 2011 at the

Osaka

Prefectural

Board

of

Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund Projectage of 90.
He took a position on the board of directors at the<Program>same time of establishment of our institute, serving

Greeting: Miyake Okiko, IICLO Chief Director

as director from April 1990, and concurrently as the

Lectures:fourth chief director from June 1998 to June 2005.

Tashima Yukihiko, picture book author

At the forum seven lecturers talked about his

Kajiyama Toshio, picture

various social contributions such as his work as thechief

director

of

IICLO

in

additiontobook author: video

messagehis

Imae Yoshitomo, children’s book author: message

achievements as an author, a theatre person, and aread by a IICLO staff

researcher of children’s literature and culture.

Matsui Tadashi, IICLO special and executive

Date: September 29th, 2012

advisor of Fukuinkan Shoten

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting

Araki Akio, chief manager of Kyoto Theatrical

Room

Association of Children and Young People

Participants: 85

Nagata Keiko, researcher of children’s culture

Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library

Mukougawa Mikio, IICLO special advisor andprofessor emeritus of Hyogo University ofTeacher Education
Forum: moderator, Endo Jun, IICLO researcher＊Copies of the report of the forum are available for1470 yen.

American Picture Book Author David Wiesner
Visit to Japan
We invited Mr. David Wiesner, an outstanding modern American picture book author and held a lecture
and a workshop for children.

Tuesday and Flotsam.

Storytelling With Pictures
Mr. David Wiesner, who has loved drawing

Date: March 24th, 2013

pictures since his childhood talked about his path toPlace: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting

becoming a picture book author and using picturesRoom

described his working process on books such as

Participants: 95

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＊Copies of the report of the lecture and workshop
are available for 1050 yen.

Let's Make a Picure Book with David＊ Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library,

Wiesner

Osaka Prefecture Kodomo-Bunko Renrakukai

On the following Tuesday, Mr. David Wiesner＊Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrative

explained his working process, and children made aAgency Commemorative Organization for the

picture story with 16 pictures, titled “If a small

Japan World Exposition ’70

spacecraft comes to my house…”.

＊ This project was supported by the following

Date: March 25th, 2013

companies:

Place: Shizen-Kansatsu-Gakushu-Kan, Expo Park

Holdings

Participants: Primary school children 27, adults 36

Kintetsu
Limited.,Corporation,
Panasonic

Suntory

Corporation,

Fujitsu Systems East Ltd., Musashi-I-Techno Ltd.

Lecture of British children’s Book Author
David AlmondDate: November 3rd, 2012
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting
Room
Lecture: “The Power of Imagination; International
Andersen Award Winner David Almond talked
about his work”
Translator: Tada Masami, associate professor inMimasaka University
Participants: 74
Sponsorship: Japanese Board on Books for YoungFirst, Mr. David Almond gave us a lecture about

People (JBBY)

the power of stories and answered questions from the

Co-sponsorship: IICLO

participants about his methods of making stories
and the themes in his work.

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An Exhibition of Nostalgic Children’s Books
from the 1970s
From the materials owned by Osaka Prefectural

KansaiCentral Library International Institute of Children’s

Environment

DevelopmentCenter

Incorporated Assoication,

Literature, children’s books focused on the 1970s＊Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrative

were exhibited under the headings of “Osaka EXPO

Agency Commemorative Organization for the

Seen from Children’s Books”, “Full of Animations

Japan World Exposition ’70

and SFX”, “Manga Children Were Absorbed in”,
“Various Children’s Books”, and “Hello from the<The Related Events>

World” and related events were held.

“Puppet Play & Story-telling sessions, Hello fromthe World”
Three story-telling sessions, one puppet play.
Date: November 18th, 2012
Performers:

PuppetPlay

CirclePalette,Ohanashi Poppo
Participants: children 70, adults 87“Let’s Enjoy the Nostalgic Gaito-Kamishibai”
Two performances.
Date: November 5th to 29th, 2012

Date: November 23rd, 2012

Place: EXPO Pavilion in the Expo Park

Performers: Sanyukai

Support:Osaka

Prefectural

CentralLibrary,

Participants: children 27, adults 42

Winners of the 29th Nissan Children’s Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
“Apple Pie from Irregular Apples” by ASAI Yuko

The 29th Nissan Children’s Storybook and Picture☆In the Picture Book Category

Book Grand Prix, a storybook and picture book

＊Grand Prix＊

contest for new authors, was held and 38 works were

Yumichan is a Restless Sleeper by MIYAZAKI

chosen.

Akemi＊There were 2811 entries ; 2,335 volumes in theAward Ceremony

Storybook Category and 476 volumes in the PictureDate: March 3rd, 2013

Book Category

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Hall

☆In the Storybook Category

In cooperated with Nissan Motor Corporation.

＊Merit Award＊

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●The books by the winners of the 28th Grand Prix were published by
BL Publishing in December, 2012
In the Storybook Category: Master in the Idle Way by TAKISHITA
Eiko, illustrated by ONISHI Hiromi (Left)
In the Picture Book Category: Picchi and Rita A Midnight Circus by
NAGAO Takuma, NAGAO Takuma (Right)

KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND Memorial Projects
Due to Kitamura Takeko’s love of children’s literature, she made large donations to help us run the Foundation. We
published IICLO BULLETIN as memorial projects.

IICLO Bulletin No.26
IICLO advertised for articles on children’s literature for IICLO Bulletin No.25 and two articles are accepted.
<Contents>“Ikkyu” in Books for Children: focusing on the period[Research Notes]

from 1945 to 1975

The Letters by Iwaya Sazanami to Arai Koujou

by FUKUI Naohide

The Image of a Schoolgirl in Shojo Sekai

in the(Nanbu Shinichi)

by ENDO Juncontext of the Theory of Harmfulness in the Media:

The Finds derived from the Letters of Takeda Outoufocusing on “girls novel” and “drama”

by KOMATSU Satoko

by MEGURO

Tsuyoshi

The Letters from Kimura Shoshu to Nanbu Hirokuni

The Reading Aspect of Shonen Sekai with reference

by SAKAI Masayo

to the Readers’ Column in Shonen Sekai in the Meiji
Periodby DOI Yasuko

Hon Navi Kids, Book Research System“Hon Navi Kids (Book Navigation for Kids)” is a

The system can be accessed from IICLO’s web page.

system where children play on the internet, choosing

This project is being conducted in collaboration withwords and feelings to find the books they like.

the Fujitsu Systems East Ltd.

They

can not only play the game with Kyabetsu-kun andButayama-san -popular characters drawn by Cho
Shinta- but also choose keywords and find out aboutbooks.
IICLO independently drew up the keywords andthe outlines of stories. In 2012 we added 817 titles.

5Lectures and Activities for Reading Promotion
1. Dispatch IICLO Staff for Lectures(Osaka prefecture welfare department)

IICLO dispatched our staff to give 56 lectures to(4) Serving as a selection committee member of thelibrarians, school librarians, teachers, volunteers

Heart & Heart Picture Book contest (Osaka City

for children’s book activities, parents and people

Board of Education)

who are interested in children’s books, giving(5) Serving as a judge for the 31st competition foradvice on book selection and reading promotion,

poems and book reports connected with humanrunning a course on conveying the pleasure ofrights.

books and participating in reading clubs etc.

Education Council of Osaka prefecture, and(Organized

by

Osaka

prefecture,

Committee for Human rights in Osaka)
2. Judging and committee member duties(6) Being a committee member of the Media Art(1) Serving seven times as a committee member ofdigital Archive Project (Organized by thethe Promotion of Children’s Reading Activity in

Ministry of Culture).

Kishiwada city
(2) Servingasa(7) Serving as a coordinator of the International

judge

for

the

22nd

Mino

Forum “The possibility of YA service in libraries:

hand-made Kamishibai contest (Organized by

from

the

examplesofHamburg

Mino city board of education and Hito to Hon wo

Jugendbibliothek Hoeb4u and Japan” (Goethe

Tsumugu Kai)

Institute Villa Kamogawa)(3) Serving as a judge for the “The composition ofexperiences that expand the Kokoro-no-wa“”circle of a heart”( Kokoro-no-wa) 2012 contest

Events for Children
Story Monorail

carriage and watched a puppet play in Saito washeld for the 6th in 2012.
Date: November 11th, 2012
Participants: 240
Performers: IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet
Play Circle PaletteSupport: Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd., Incorporated
A uniqueevent“StoryMonorail”

whereAdministrative

theAgencyCommemorative

Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70,

participants enjoyed stories in a reserved monorail

Hankyu Realty Co., Ltd., Benesse Corporation

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Storytelling sessions and workshops(1) Event for experiencing old picture books and(5) Story-telling session and workshop in akamishibai “Let’s Enjoy Old Picture Books andprimary school and a library

Kamishibai!”・Story-telling session at Suita City Yamada-ekimae

We held an event for looking at picture books of

Library (twice): Performer, Ohanashi Poppo, IICLO

the Taisho Period and Gaito-Kamishibai that were

staff

enjoyed in the 1950s, which involved reading

・Conducting two stories workshops for primary

picture books and performing Kamishibai.

school pupils at Toyonaka City Higashioka Primary

Date: August 11th, 2012
Place:

Osaka

Prefectural

SchoolCentral・Lecture: How to choose and read picture books for

Library

Meeting Roomjunior high school students (once)

Performers: Sanyukai etc.

・Conducting a stories workshop at Mimei Ogawa

Supporters: Osaka Prefectural Central Library

Literature Museum (Niigata prefecture): The Storyand Sanyukai *Kodomo-Yume Fund Projectof a Tree on Top of a Mountain and Cloud” (once)(2) Cooperation with Osaka Prefectural Central(6) Story-telling session in a children’s home

Library・Six story-telling sessions and three puppet plays

Five story-telling sessions, one puppet show andand the distribution of picture books at nine

one workshop for children were run at thechildren’s homes: Performer, Ohanashi Poppo,

Children’s reading room in Osaka Prefectural

Puppet Play Circle Palette, Puppet Theater La

Central Library by IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo,

CLARTE

Puppet Play Circle Palette.

＊ Projectsubsidized

by

Kouzu

Seiwa

Kai

Foundation(3) Making a Picture Book Workshop with juniorhigh school students(7) Children’s story exchanges between China,“Let’s make an original picture book and give a

Korea, and Japan were held Gyeongju and Seoul inpresentation”

Korea and IICLO staff devised a workshop for

Date: August 1st and 3rd, 2012

making picture books together (August 16th to 23rd

Place: Osaka Gakuin University

in 2012).
Participants: 100(4) Making a Picture Book about Forests

Host: The Executive Committee of Children’s

We enjoyed a “forest” themed story-telling

Story Exchanges between China, Korea, and Japansession, explored a forest collected many things,
and both children and adults made a “Forest(8) Participation in planning of foundation projects

Picture Book”.

by Ohanashi Poppo and Puppet Play Circle Palette“Let’s Be a Friend to the Forest: Making Forest

Volunteer

Picture Book”

groupsbelonging

to

IICLO

participated in the planning of various projects toDate: October 6th and 7th, 2012

connect children with books. Ohanashi Poppo gave

Place: Osaka Prefectural Syonen Shizen-no-Ie

three lectures about picture books and stories.

7Kamishibai

Storytelling by Ohanashi-Poppo

Activities for Reading Promotion
Participation in the drawing up of the council for

IICLO participated in planning of the council forthe promotion’s plan of children’s reading activities

the promotion plan of children’s reading activity inin Osaka prefecture

Osaka prefecture and attended the meetings twice

Based on “The promotion plan of children’swith other groups and organizations concerned

reading activities” that Osaka prefecture promotes,

with children’s reading activity.

Mail Magazine
IICLO issues a mail magazine around the 20th of each month. Subscription is free, and we are looking
forward to your registration. As of June 2013, there were 1151 subscribers. The contents are as follows.
<Contents>
1. Information from IICLO
2. Column

and read picture books to children.
(3) Web sites for children’s literature research:(1) Yasuko & Okiko’s Talk on a recently

introducing various web sites for researching

published children’s book: IICLO Chief
Director and professional staff choose one

children’s books(4) Places to go!: Reports on exhibitions, films andbook and talk, giving you new perspectives on

lectures related to children’s literature and culturethat book.

3. Information about events on children’s literature(2) Introduction for volunteers who read picture

and culture in Japan: introducing events by otherbooks to children: A series of lectures forgroupsvolunteers who do reading activities, which

4. Present: presenting a book in Yasuko & Okiko’s

explain basic points, such as how to choose

Talk and goods for events by lottery

8Research Projects
Research Project on Children’s Magazines in the Meiji and Taisho Periods
The IICLO is conducting a joint project with

FUJIMOTO

Yoshinori,

professor

of

Otani

researchers from outside the institute to study

University Junior College, MUKOGAWA Mikio,

children’s magazines from the Meiji period, such as

IICLO special advisor and professor emeritus of

Shonen Sekai, using a database of the contents of

Hyogo

these magazines, which the project made with the

MEGURO Tsuyoshi, associate professor of Kobe

aid of a subsidy from Grant-in-Aid for Scientific

University, ENDO Jun, IICLO professional

Research in 2008.

researcher,

Research meetings: 4

professional researcher, DOI Yasuko, IICLO

Two articles were inserted in IICLO Bulletin No. 26

chief professional researcher.

UniversityofTeacher

KOMATSU

Education,

Satoko,IICLO・ Research members: SAKAI Masayo, professorof Aichi Shukutoku University, HATAKEYAMA
Choko, professor of Baika Women’s University,
Research Project on the History of Children’s Book Publishing in the Meiji, Taisho andShowa Periods
NANBU Shinichi, an ex-editor of Hakubunkan

October 28th, 2012
Three research notes were inserted in IICLO

Pubulishing left many valuable letters from authors

Bulletin No. 26

and illustrators. The IICLO is conducting a joint
project with researchers from outside the institute to

Research members: ASAOKA Yasuou, lecturer ofstudy these letters, focusing on the works of Iwaya

Japan Juvenile Education College, ITO Motoo,

Sazanami.

representative of Book Globe, SAKAI Masayo,

Research meetings: six

professor of Aichi Shukutoku University, MIYAKE

Theme: A Study of the History of Children’s Book

Okiko, IICLO chief director, ENDO Jun, IICLO

Publishing in the Meiji, Taisho and Early Showa

professional researcher, KOMATSU Satoko, IICLO

Periods: from the letters left by an ex-editor of

professional researcher, DOI Yasuko, IICLO chief

Hakubunkan Pubulishingprofessional researcher

Round table: “The Finds from the Letters of・ ＊The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for

NANBU Shinichi” The 51st Conference of Japan

Scientific Research and selected for funding in

Society for Children’s Literature in Chiba University,

2011-13.

Publications
・Publications and exhibitionsof an anthologies and collections of academic papers.

Shinken Seminor’s 1000 Recommended Children’s

IICLO accepts proposals about publishing projects

Books

concerned with children’s literature and culture suchas a republication of valuable materials, publication

IILCO was given in trust by Benesse Corporation

9and selected 107 recommended books to add andPicture Book with Australian Picture Book Authorchange for children from 1st grade in primary school

Shaun Tan 1050 yen
Reports on an International Exchange Project in

to 3rd grade in junior high school.

2010: Symposium Picture Books in Asia “Picture
Books Cross

・Materials issued by IICLO

Reports on the forum “Keep Asking (about)?

Borders—Picture Books in Chinese

Speaking Countries Now 525 yenChildren’s Literature and Culture—Looking back

IICLO Bulletin No. 1-25 1050 yen – 1995 yen

the works of Nakagawa Masafumi,

A Collection of Essays, Reports on symposium

scholar ofchildren’s literature” 1470 yen

Picture Books in Taiwan 1995 yen

Reports on an International Exchange Project inReports on symposium the Present of World

2012: The World of David Wiesner, Picture Book

Picture Books, A Collection of Essays, Picture Books

Author—Pictures Talk, Making a Picture Book within Thai 1995 yen

Picture Book Author David Wiesner!

A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in India

1050 yen

Reports on an International Exchange Project in

1470 yen

2011: The Fascination of Australian Picture Books:

・

Shaun Tan talks about His Work, Let’s Make a

A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in
China 1995 yen

etc.

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. This was especially true this year when the large collection of thelate Professor Nakagawa Masafumi was donated, more than doubling and the total for last year. Thesematerials 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 f donations of this yearBooks
10,106
Magazines
8,854
Others2,656
Total
21,616 items＊including The Nakagawa
Masafumi collection 12, 892 items
Svenska barnboksinstitutet (Sweden)
Schweizerisches Institut f ür Kinder-und Jugendmedien(Switzerland)林 武憲(Taiwan)

蒋 風 (China)
苏 梅(China)
王 泉根(China)
Lastenkirjainstituutti (Finland)Internationalen Jugendbibliothek (Germany)
Ulrich Erckenbrecht (Germany)
Kestutis Urba (Lituania)
Toin Duijx (Netherlands)
Centro Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil (Spain)

張 桂娥(Taiwan)
Maria Nikolajeva (UK)Museum of Fine Arts,Boston (U.S.A.)The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, 2013
All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.

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