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International
Institute forChildren’s
Literature,
Osaka

NO.5 Ｏｃｔｏber 2015

forCreating an "Open Space"
MIYAKAWA Takeo, Chief Director

Inside this issue:
Creating an “Open Space”
1
Reception of the 37th Iwaya
Sazanami Literary Special
Award
2
Forum: Keep Asking What
Children’s Literature; Looking
Back on the Work of Professor
Torigoe2German Author Klaus Kordon’s
Visit to Japan
3
An Exhibition: Let’s Be Friends
with Forests
3
Winners of the 31st NissanChildren’s Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
4
KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND
Memorial Projects
5
Renewal of A Great Adventure
on the Sea of Books
5
Lectures and Activities for
Reading Promotion
6
Events for Children
6
Activities for Reading
Promotion
8
Mail Magazine
8
Research Projects
9
Publications and Websites
9
In Appreciation of Book
Donations10

My name is MIYAKAWA Takeo and I was
appointed chief director of IICLO on the 1st of July,
2015. I am a researcher of Japanese children's
literature.
Becoming chief director was unexpected, but I
decided to accept this position because I have beenable to research children's literature thanks to the
support of the Center for International Children's
Literature and IICLO. The foundation changed its organization in 2010
and although it has been encountering many difficulties the staff are
working enthusiastically, something which moved me and made me thinkthat I wanted to be a member of IICLO.
The IICLO received the 37th Iwaya Sazanami Literary Special Award inNovember, 2014 hosted by the Japanese Culture Foundation for Youth. The
award was for the IICLO's long-standing record of research projects. In
January, 2015, we held a forum which looked back on the achievements ofProfessor Shin Torigoe, a former special adviser of IICLO. Both events weregood opportunities for us to look back on our achievements and history. We

must look forward with a sense of history andHowever, the present situation for this space hasappreciation for the efforts of many people to develop

not been made stable yet. Although the economic

children's literature before us.

situation has improved, we have not yet got out ofChildren's books are cultural media which we

the red. We would like to gather our ideas for thehand on to the next generation. I believe that adults

future of the world through children's books and to

who are connected with children's books understandtry to find previously unknown new possibilities. I

the importance of children's books which talk about

would be grateful if all who are concerned with

important themes with words that are easy tochildren's books as individuals, organizations andunderstand. Our foundation wants to be an opengroups could give us their full supports. We will try

space for exchanging information and opinions

to forge a closer relationship with the Osaka

between children and adults.

prefectural government and the Osaka prefectural

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central library.

over Japan and from all over the world. The IICLO is

I usually work and live in Tokyo and I am writing

an open space for everybody. I would like to devote

this article at home in Tokyo. Although the Center

myself to making it an enjoyable, fruitful andfor International Children's Literature and themeaningful space. Thank you.

IICLO are in Osaka, both of them are for people all

Reception of
the 37th Iwaya Sazanami Literary Special Award
The IICLO received the
37th

Sazanami

80 years after Iwaya Sazanami's death with the

Literary Special Award inJapan Society of Children's Literature and arranging

November, 2014 hosted by

new materials connected with Iwaya.

the

Iwaya

Iwaya Sazanami by holding a research event to markJapanese

CultureThe presentation ceremony was held at Hilltop

Foundation for Youths.

Hotel on the 26th of November, 2014 and the thenThe reason for the award
is

that

IICLO

chief directorMIYAKE Okiko, received the prize. We

has

are very honored and grateful to all the people who

broadened a research ofhave supported us.

Forum: Keep Asking What is Children's Literature;
Looking Back on the Works of Professor Torigoe
We held the forum of looking back on the works ofof IICLO, his developing research of children's

Torigoe Shin who was our ex-director and who

literature to be a part of research of modern

passed away on Feburary 14th, 2013 at the age of 83.

literature. MORIKUBO Sentaro, translator and

He donated his collection which comprises about

researcher of picture books, appearing on video

120,000

materials

connected

withchildren's

praised him as a pioneer in the study of picture

literature and culture to the Osaka prefectural

books.

government, and the International Institute for

After theses talks, all the participants discussed

Children's Literature at Osaka prefecture, which

what we should learn from Professor Torigoe andwas established on the 5th of May, 1984.
In the forum, MIYAKAWA Takeo, professor ofMusashino University gave a talk on Professor
Torigoe's

achievements

titled"His

designofchildren's literature and research of children's
literature". MUKOGAWA Mikio, special advisor of
IICLO and professor emeritus of Hyogo University ofTeacher Education, talked about his establishment2how we can go beyond Torigoe’s achievements with

Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library

MIYAKE Okiko, as a coordinator.

Japan Society for Children's Literature

Date: January 31st, 2015

Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund Project＊Copies of the report of the forum are available forPlace: Osaka Prefectural Central Library MeetingRoom

1,000 yen.

Participants: 93

German Author Klaus Kordon’s
Visit to Japan
We invited German outstanding author, Mr. Klaus
Kordon to Japan and he gave a lecture.
As

anintroduction,

SAKAYORI

Shinichi,translator and professor of Wako University gave abrief lecture titled The World of Klaus Kordon. It is
about how he encountered and translated Mr.
Kordon's three volumes of Berlin stories and how
important his works are in the history of German
literature by comparing Kordon’s works with otherTranslator: SAKAYORI Shinichi, professor of Wako

German literature.

University

Then, Mr. Kordon gave a lecture called Wie ich

Marei Mentlein

Geschichte erzähle; Jugendliche von heute im „alten“.

Participants: 82

He talked about the significance of writing historical＊Host: International Library of Children's

novels for young people and the process of his

Literature

writing three volumes of Berlin stories.

Osaka Prefectural Central Library

At the end of the events, there was a questions and

IICLO

answers session and Mr. Kordon talked about Erich＊This project was supported by the following

Kästnercompanies: The Kintetsu Corporation, Suntory

and

his

readingexperiences

in

his

childhood.

Holdings Limited., Panasonic Corporation, Fujitsu
Tohoku Systems Applications and Support Ltd.,

Date: November 30th, 2014

Musashi-I-Techno Ltd.

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting＊Copies of the report of the lecture and workshop

Room

are available for 800 yen.

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An Exhibition: Let's Be Friends with Forests
From the materials owned by Osaka Prefectural
Central Library Center for International Children's<Events>

Literature, books and magazines on the theme of○Story-telling Session: Be Friends with Forests“Forests” were exhibited and related events were

Date: September 7, 2014 twice

held. The materials were exhibited according to the

Performer: Ohanashi Poppo

themes such as books by Brothers of Grimm,

Participants: 87○“Let’s make a Picture Book of Forests

MIYAZAWA Kenji, Animals in the forests, andEnvironmental Issues of the forests.

Date: September 13, 2014

<Exhibition>

Lecturer: DOI Yasuko

Date: July 20 – August 4, 2013

Participants: 20

Place: Expo ’70 Pavilion, Expo Park
Support: Osaka Prefectural Central Library, Kansai
Environment Development Center Incorporated
Association*Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrative
Agency Commemorative Organization for the Japan
World Exposition ’70
A child’s picture book page

Winners of the 31st Nissan Children’s Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
＊Grand Prix＊

The 31st Nissan Children’s Storybook and PictureBook Grand Prix, a storybook and picture book

The Other Side of the End of the World

contest for new authors, was held and 38 works wereby TANAKA Yasuhiro

chosen.

Award Ceremony
Date: March 7, 2015

＊There were 2,827 entries ; 2,457 volumes in thePlace: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Hall

Storybook Category and 370 volumes in the Picture

In cooperated with Nissan Motor Corporation

Book Category☆In the Storybook Category＊The books by the winners of the 30th Merit Award＊Grand Prix＊in the Storybook Category and Grand Prix in theGolden Medal Made with Dandelion

Picture Book Category were published by BL

by YAMAMOTO Sanae

Publishing in December, 2014.
In the Storybook Category☆In the Picture Book Category4Frogs and Crowns. text by NAKAJIMA Yuki,
illustrated by YAMADA Manami (Left).
In the Picture Book Category

Kiichan. text and illustrated by NAGAYAMA
Tadashi (Right).

KITAMURA TAKEKO FUND Memorial Projects
Due to Kitamura Takeko’s love of children’s literature, she made large donations to help us run theFoundation. We published IICLO BULLETIN as memorial projects.
IICLO Bulletin No.28
IICLO advertised for articles on children’s literature for IICLO Bulletin No.28 and four articles were accepted.
<Contents>

Grimm's Fairy Tales that Have Been Translated in

Girls’ Magazine, Shojo-no-Tomo. by WATANABE

Kyoiku Zassi: 15 works translated for the first time

Shuko.

in Japan. by FUKAWA Genichiro.

Readers' Colum in Shonen Sekai and Shojo Sekai in

The Shonen-en Magazine and Its Reception of

the Taisho Period. by DOI Yasuko.

Western Culture; with a focus on the influence of

St.Nicholas Magazine. by KAKIMOTO Mayo.

[Report]"Wit and Unconventional Dialogues" Appearing in

The Story of Momotaro between 2000 and 2009. by

the Readers' Forums of Magazines for Boys and Girls

OFUJI Mikio.

from the Late Meiji through Taisho Era. by FUKUIA Note on Otogi Koen (Storytelling events ) by

Naohide.

IWAYA Sazanami to NANBU Shinichi (ARAI Kojo).

The Creation of Kawaii; An Analysis of the 1910s

by ENDO Jun.

Renewal of A Great Adventure on the Sea of Books
The website, A Great Adventure on the Sea of

been changed. The site can now be used with Tablets

Books which was opened in 2005 has been renewed.

and smart phones. We will keep adding book

It is a website in which children and adults caninformation accordingly.

search for children's books according to the keywords*Planning: IICLO

and characters or asking questions. The characters* System development: Justice Planning

who are in picture books by Sasaki Maki, a picture*Kodomo-Yume Fund Projectbook guide us pleasantly.
Themes, characters, books and interview ofchildren's authors are added and the games have5

Lectures and Activities for Reading Promotion
1. Dispatch IICLO Staff for Lectures(4) Serving as a judge for the 33rd competition for

IICLO dispatched our staff to give 52 lectures topoems and book reports connected with humanlibrarians, school librarians, teachers, volunteers

rights.

for children’s book activities, parents and people

Education Council of Osaka prefecture, and

who are interested in children’s books, giving

Committee for Human rights in Osaka)advice on book selection and reading promotion,(Organized

by

Osaka

prefecture,(5) Being a member of Committee for selecting

running a course on conveying the pleasure of

picture books for babies for Osaka Izumi

books and participating in reading clubs etc.

Co-operative Society.
3. Lectures for volunteer groups for reading

2. Judging and committee member duties

promotion(1) Being a judge for the 10th Osaka Children’s

IICLO held a series of practical lectures forBook Band contest (Organized by Osaka reading

volunteer groups for reading promotion. The

promotion committee and Asahi Newspaper)

lectures include how to choose a book and how to(2) Serving as a judge for the 24th Mino hand-mademake a story telling session programme.

Kamishibai contest (Organized by Mino city

Date: May 24th to July, 2014 (5 times)

board of education and Hito to Hon wo Tsumugu

Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting

Kai)

Room

(3) Serving as a judge for the “The composition of

Lecturers: KAWAUCHI Isoko and DOI Yasuko

experiences that expand the Kokoro-no-wa“circleofaheart”

2014

contest*Kodomo-Yume Fund Project(Osakaprefecture welfare department)

Events for Children
Story Monorail
watched a puppet play in Saito was held. This is the
8th in 2014.
Date: November 9, 2014
Participants: 240
Performers: IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet
Play Circle PaletteSupport: Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd., Commemorative
Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70,
Hankyu Realty Co., Ltd., Benesse Corporation
A unique event “Story Monorail” where participants＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund

enjoyed stories in a reserved monorail carriage and6Storytelling sessions and workshops(1) Event for looking at old Kamishibai(3) Making a Picture Book Workshops“Let’s Experience the Old Kamishibai: The Lone

“Let’s Be a Friend to the Forest: Making Forest

Ranger Boy and its Period"

Picture Book”

We held an event with a performance of The Lone

Date: October 4 and 5, 2014

Ranger Boy, Gaito-Kamishibai and a lecture

Place: Osaka Prefectural Syonen Shizen-no-Ie

called Children's Culture at the Town Corners; The"Let's Make

Picture Books with Different Shapes"

history of Kamishibai and its significance atDate: Feburary 28th, 2014

present by HATANAKA Keiichi.

Place: Enocojima Creates Osaka

Date: January 25th, 2015
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library(4) Story-telling session and workshop in a

Meeting Room

primary school and a library・Two Story-telling sessions at Suita City

Performers: Sanyukai

Yamada-ekimae Library
Performer, Ohanashi Poppo
・Conducting three stories workshops for primaryschool pupils at Toyonaka City Higashioka
Primary School etc.
(5) Story-telling session in a children’s homes
・Six story-telling sessions and two puppet plays

Lecturer: HATANAKA Keiichi (Doyo poet andresearcher of children's literature)and the distribution of picture books at nine

Host: Osaka Prefectural Central Library andchildren’s homes: Performer, Ohanashi Poppo,

IICLO

Puppet Play Circle Palette, Puppet Theater La
CLARTE＊ Project(2) Cooperation with Osaka Prefectural Central
Library

subsidized

by

Kouzu

Seiwa

Kai

Foundation Story-telling session in a children’s

Six story-telling sessions, one puppet show andhomes

one workshop for children were run at theChildren’s reading room in Osaka Prefectural
Central Library by IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo,
Puppet Play Circle Palette.

(6) Children’s story exchanges between China,
Korea, and Japan were held Sendai and Tokyo and
IICLO staff devised a workshop for making picture
books together (August 18 to 22 in 2014).

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Participants: 100

by Ohanashi Poppo and Puppet Play Circle PalettePlace: Sendai and Tokyo

Volunteergroupsbelonging

to

IICLO

Host: The Executive Committee of Children’s story

participated in the planning of various projects to

exchanges between China, Korea, and Japan

connect children with books.

(7) Participation in planning of foundation projects

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

IICLO participated in the planning of the council

the promotion’s plan of children’s reading activities

for the promotion plan of children’s readingin Osaka prefecture

activities in Osaka prefecture and attended two

Based on “The promotion plan of children’s

meetings with other groups and organizations

reading activities” that Osaka prefecture promotes,

concerned with children’s reading activities.

Mail Magazine
IICLO issues a mail magazine around the 20th of each month. Subscription is free, and we hope you willsubscribe. As 22nd of June 2015, there were 1722 subscribers. The contents are as follows.
<Contents>
1. Information from IICLO

and read picture books to children.

2. Column(4) Places to go! : Reports on exhibitions, films and(1) Talk on a recently published children’s book:lectures related to children’s literature and

IICLO professional staff talk about a new

culturebook with specialists in children's literature .

3. Information about events on children’s literature(2) Essays on children's literatureand culture in Japan: introducing events by

The chief director and the IICLO professional

other groups

staff write about an essay on children's

4. Present: presenting a book in discussed in Talk

literature such as MIYAZAWA Kenji's works

by lottery(3) Introduction for volunteers who read picture
books to children: A series of lectures forvolunteers who do reading activities, which
explain basic points, such as how to choose8Research Projects
Research Project on the History of Hakubunkan Puboishing in the Meiji Period
The IICLO is conducting a joint project withprofessor of Aichi Shukutoku University, MIYAKE

researchers from outside the institute to study

Okiko, IICLO chief director, ENDO Jun, IICLO

Hakubunkan publishing.

professional researcher/associate professor of Kacho

Research meetings: 4

College, KOMATSU Satoko, IICLO professional
researcher, DOI Yasuko, IICLO chief professional

・A thesis and a research note were inserted in IICLO

researcher

Bulletin No. 28＊ The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for

Research members: ASAOKA Yasuou, lecturer of

Scientific Research and selected for funding inJapan Juvenile Education College, SAKAI Masayo,

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

Contracted cooperative work for planningby publishers

system where children play on the internet, choosing

・Editorial supervision for a pamphlet called Smilewords and feelings to find the books they like.

With Picture Books by the Osaka Izumi Co-operative

IICLO independently drew up the keywords andSociety.
・Writing an article about books for children for athe outlines of stories. In 2014 we added 1564 titles.

magazine called Musicanova.

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

Materials issued by IICLO

Limited.

Reports on an International Exchange Project in

Picture Book Making Workshops for Kids

2014: “The Lecture of Kraus Kordon: Wie ich
Geschichte erzähle; Jugendliche von heute im

IICLO opened a web site called Picture Book
Making Workshops for Kids in 2013. We devised„alten“ 800 yen

workshops according to the site and added some

Reports on the forum “Keep Asking What Children’scontents for the site.

Literature; Looking back on the works of Professor
Torigoe” 1000 yen

Shinken Seminor’s 1000 Recommended
Children’s Books

Reports on an International Exchange Project in

IICLO was asked to select recommended books

about her Works—My worries are infinite” / Let’sand to write introduction for children from 1st grade

Make a Picture Book with British Picture Bookin primary school to 3rd grade in junior high school by

Author Lauren Child!

2013: “Picture Book Author Lauren Child Talked

1000 yen

Reports on the forum “Keep Exploring Children’s

Benesse Corporation.

Literature and Culture—Looking back on the works

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of Nakagawa Masafumi, scholar of children’s

Speaking Countries Now” 500 yen

literature” 1400 yen

IICLO Bulletin No. 1-28 1000 yen – 1900 yen

Reports on an International Exchange Project in

A Collection of Essays, Reports on symposium

2012: The World of David Wiesner, Picture Book

Picture Books in Taiwan 1900 yen

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

Reports on symposium the Present of World
Picture Books, A Collection of Essays, Picture Books

1000 yen

Reports on an International Exchange Project inin Thai 1900 yen

2011: The Fascination of Australian Picture Books:

A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in India

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

1400 yen

Picture Book with Australian Picture Book Author

A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in China

Shaun Tan 1000 yen

1900 yenetc.

(pretax price)

Reports on an International Exchange Project in2010: Symposium Picture Books in Asia “Picture
Books Cross Borders—Picture Books in Chinese

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, Center for International Children’s Literature for preservation in perpetuity and are open to the
public.

The number of donations of this year
Books
3,453
Magazines
3,328
Others853
Total
7,634 items

Helen Kilpatrick (Australia)
Lucia Hiratsuka (Brazil)
蒋 風 (China)
Lastenkirjainstituutti (Finland)Societats-Verlag (Germany)Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany)
Ulrich Erckenbrecht (Germany)
Christos Mortzos (Germany)
Michalis Argiridis (Greece)
APCEIU (Korea)
金 永順 (Korea)
Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International
Understanding (Korea)

申 洪湜 (Korea)
Jang Eun Mye (Korea)
Kestutis Urba (Lituania)
IBBY-Nederland (Netherlands)
Toin Duijx (Netherlands)
Centro Internacional del Libro Infantil y Juvenil(Spain)Svenska barnboksinstitutet (Sweden)
Schweizerisches
Institut
fürKinder-undJugendmedien (Switzerland)
高 明美 (Taiwan)
鄭 明進 (Taiwan)

The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, 2015
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