NO.13

August 2004

９ TH INTERNATIONAL BROTHERS GRIMM AWARD TO BEPRESENTED TO Professor. PETER HUNTInternational Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka andedited, including among others Arthur Ransome (1991),

the Kinran-kai Foundation announced the recipient of the

Criticism, Theory, & Children’s Literature (1991), Literature for

9th International Brothers Grimm Award, presented every

Children: Contemporary Criticism (1992), An Introduction toother year to the individuals who have contributed

Children’s Literature (1994), The Wind in the Willows: A Fragmented

significantly to the international progress of research of

Arcadia (1994), Children’s Literature: An Illustrated History (1995),

children’s literature.

Children’s Literature (2001).
With these works, he has contributed greatly to raising

The 9 th recipient

the standards of the study of children’s literature and theestablishment of it as an academic discipline. He is the first
specialist in children’s literature appointed Professor ofEnglish in British Universities.
His continuing efforts to promote cultural and academic
exchange have born abundant fruit; for example, his editingof the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature

Professor Peter Hunt

(1996), resulting in a unique and important project(England, b. 1945)

contributed to by various scholars all over the world. In

Professor, Cardiff University

addition to the activities as a visiting professor at several
institutes such as University of Michigan, MIT, Simons

Professor Hunt has written several introductory andCollege in Boston, and San Diego State University in thetheoretical works on children’s literature, as well as

USA, he has lectured at over 100 universities and colleges.

numerous articles and reviews, all of which have been highly

The International Brothers Grimm Award was establishedin 1987 and has been administered as a joint project by
IICLO and the Kinran-kai Foundation, the alumnus of
Osaka Otemae High School. Past recipients, in chronologicalorder, are:Dr. Klaus Doderer (Germany), Dr. Gote
Klingberg (Sweden), Dr. James Fraser (U.S.A.), Mr. Torigoe
Shin (Japan), Dr. Denise Escarpit (France), Dr. Theodor
Brüggemann (Germany), Dr. Jack Zipes (U.S.A.), and Dr.
Jean Perrot (France).

acclaimed internationally. Due to a deep and extensive
knowledge of his field of study, his research has produced avaried body of work. The sheer breadth of his interests andmethodologies can be seen in the works he has written andAward Presentation Ceremony
On October 26 (Sunday), 2003, under clear autumn
skies, we welcomed Professor Peter Hunt to our facilities at
IICLO

for

the

presentation

ceremony

for

the

9th

International Brothers Grimm Award.
Followinganintroduction

byInstitute

Director

Nakagawa Masafumi, the presentation of prize money, aplaque, and the list of additional prizes was made by Mr.
Masutani Hiroshi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of
the Kinran-Kai Foundation.

A Commemorative Lecture titled “The Different Voicesof Children’s Literature: What is There to be Said and How
should We Say It?” took place after the presentation
ceremony with more than 120 people attending thehour-long talk. Professor Hunt spoke about his career as oneof the pioneering scholars of children’s literature in Britain.
Also he discussed the study of children’s literature today
and the direction he sees it taking in the future. His paper
will be published in the forthcoming IICLO Bulletin.

IICLO’s RESEARCH PROJECTSA Great Adventure
on the Sea of Books

23, 2003 at h t t p : / / k i d s . i i c l o . o r . j p .
This research project was begun in response toexperiences at IICLO's ‘Children's Library’ that indicatedthat children, not having the language skills of adults,
require an original search system geared to their needs toensure that the books they want actually come into theirhands. In charge of the project was a team made up of
specialists

in

human

and

informationengineering,children's literature researchers, librarians and editors.
The main features of the system are as follows:1)

An original system of children's literature subjects,

with modifications and arrangements based on children's
We have started a search system at IICLO called “AGreat Adventure on the Sea of Books” where children canenjoy looking for books. It opened on our website on April

language skills, was created and put to use.
2)

The system is loaded with contents to help children

enjoy searching for books, such as the "Book Search Game"in which a child answers questions or is quizzed aboutstories, leading to book recommendations for that child.

Dick Bruna also began to appear at this time.

3)

full-scale incorporation of Britain’s Book Start movement

The system and screen design have been composed

The recent

with child users in mind.

all over Japan is in the background of the attention now

4)being directed towards this genre.

The system has search functions divided by subject

and age; there is a system geared for children under nine
years of age, and one for children between the ages of ten
and fifteen.
5)

One of popular picture book author SASAKI Maki's

characters acts as a guide to the easy to operate system.
Following the start of the operation of the system it is being

Inai Inai B â

used actively in elementary school classes, libraries, and sotext by Matsutani Miyoko

on.

pictures by Segawa Yasuo

Comments from teachers using the system in theirclasses have included: ‘I could feel the children's delight

Fukuinkan Shoten Publishers, Inc.

when the books they wanted reached their hands as a result

Published in 1967of making the book search by themselves’, and ‘The children
are going on to read books’.

The project team is carrying out its activities in threeareas.

First of all, an investigation is being made ofcaregivers to determine their thoughts on picture books
themselves, and on how to enjoy picture books with theirbabies. Next, information is being collected and organized
for the purpose of analyzing characteristics of picture books
for babies.

Finally, an investigation is being made ofgroupsarethat

activeinprovidingor

supporting

environments for babies and their caregivers to enjoy
picture books.
In the first area, an investigation by questionnaire andHowever, there are many areas relating to the systemitself that need more research as well as a lot of points thatneed to be consolidated and improved. In order to make thisan even easier system for children to use we intend to makeinterviews was made of the caregivers of babies between 0
and 1 year of age living in Osaka. About 3,000 caregivers
participated, their replies on questionnaires revealing that:most have already began enjoying picture books with theirchildren less than 18 months, they felt strongly that anuse of continuing research.
（Kawaura Takayuki, project leader）

important merit of reading picture books was to “strength
the relationship between parent and child”, and to develop
the child's sensitivity. Findings from our interviews with

Baby Picture
Project

Book

Research

In 2002, we started an investigation of and research on
picture books for babies. There have been many picture
books for babies published in Japan, beginning with Inai Inai
Bâ, or, Peek-a-boo in the 1960s. Translations of the works ofabout thirty representative caregivers include the fact that
there were many books being read that were not written
specifically for babies, and that when caregivers read aloudto babies at home they added words, deleted portions, orchanged the text according to babies’ responseIn our study of the picture books themselves we

project our investigations will be concentrated on thegathered and tabulated the characteristics of the 1,343

activities supporting the relationship of babies, caregivers,

books published in Japan listed in catalogues as being forand picture books.

young children from 0 to two years of age.

Among ourincreases, picture books are now available at public

findings was that the average number of pages was between

institutions and facilities where they were not found before,

21-25, while the sizes varied the great majority were fromand the number of libraries that have created corners

20-24 centimeters; compressed cardboard made up 38% ofdevoted to picture books for babies has increased.

materials used to create the books.

As the interest in books for babies(Komori Nobuko, project leader)

Besides these activities, during the last year of the

A SELECTION OF 100 JAPANESE CHILDREN’S BOOKSAt IICLO we view writings for children as cultural
materials and have been recording commentaries andof all, and abroad, but also to strengthen our data base forresearch in children's literature.

bibliographies of these with the intention of making themOn this occasion we have taken up one hundred volumes

available to the next generation both at home and abroad asof children's literature (fairy tales, novels, poetry, drama"A Selection of One Hundred Japanese Children's Books".

collections, picture books, and manga comics) published fromIn April 2004, the first half of this record was put up on our

1868-1945.

homepage.

worthiness to be passed on to future generations, whether

They have been selected based on their

they are representative of their time (bestsellers), and theirinfluence on later books. It will give us great pleasure tohave you make use of this new addition to our homepage.
(Mukogawa Mikio, chief editor)
http://www.iiclo.or.jp/100books.htm

Previously we have made various efforts to record thehistory of children’s books in Japan, for example, by editing
the Encyclopedia of Japanese Children’s Literature andreprinting magazines originally published in early 20th
century. The Dictionary of Children’s Literature edited by
Japan Society for Children’s Literature is also available asa useful reference book. This time, while referring to theseearlier works, we wanted to compile a record that would
reflect the enthusiasm of the authors and publishers ofthese materials and the warm sentiments of readers. We
have attempted to offer an accurate commentary andbibliography for each work and it's position in literary
history and have prepared an English version of thecommentaries. By doing this, we hope not only toincrease interest in Japanese children's books at home first

MAJOUR EVENTS OF OCTOBER, 2002〜March, 2004
<For Adults>
October 6, 2002

Puppet Theatre Troupe.

“Symposium: Asian Children’s Books”
Co-sponsor: The Asian Child Literature Japan Center
Lecturer: Shikata Shin, Author
Narumi Tomoko, Lecturer, Osaka Kyoiku<For Children>
October 20, 2002
“Word Play Event”
Co-sponsor: Expo Cosmos Festa

University
Nakamura Osamu, Researcher of KoreanChildren’s Literature

January 12, 2003
Karuta Party; playing with Karuta

Naka Yumiko, Researcher and Translator of
Chinese Children’s Literature

March 21, 2003
Author’s Workshop: “Let’s talk with Takadono Houko!"December 8, 2002
“Lecture: Children’s Books in the Netherlands”
Lecturer: Rindert Kromhout, Author and Critic

April 28/29, 2003
“Introduction and Comentary: Children’s Books Publishedin Japan in 2002”
Commentator: Nishimura Hisao (Research Society for
Science Reading Materials, Osaka) and IICLO staff

May 20 – June 24, 2003
“Lecture Series for Training Volunteers: Reading Books
with Children”
Lecturer: IICLO staff

May 3-5, 2003
Yumeno-ike Theatre(1) African Folktales and Drum Concert “Under the
Baobab Tree”
Storyteller: Eguchi Kazuhisa (Professor, National
Museum of Ethnology)

June 3, 2003
“Lecture: Books Are Wonderful Friends”
Lecturer: Nakagawa Masafumi, IICLO Director

June 28, 2003
“Children’s Books in Sri Lanka”
Lecturer: Prasansa Kalukottege, IICLO research
fellow

November 2003- March 2004
“Lecture Series for Training Puppeteer (Beginner’s Corse)”
Lecturer: Matsumoto Noriko, leader of Clarte,

Percussion: Kawabe Tomomi and Josef Nkoshi

Author s Workshop:
Utta Bauer.

(2) Russian and Czech Animation Films“Cunning Old Women” and others

Let's Enjoy the World of Colors withSee below for further information .

Co-sponsor: Goethe Institutes Deutschland(3) Lecture: “Russian Animal Stories”

November 2, 2003

Lecturer: Tanaka Yasuko (Professor, Osaka

Picture Show: “Reviving the Kamishibai on the Street,”

University of Foreign Studies)

performed by Sanyû-kai.

(4) Puppet Show: “Hedgehog and Flower in the Snow”

March 9, 2004

Performed by Puppet Theater Hipopotaum.

Author’s Workshop: “Sugiyama Akira’s Storytelling LiveShow”

August23, 2003

Let’s Enjoy Jutta Bauer’s World of Colors

On August 23rd 2003, as summer vacation was coming tofinished their pictures they looked at them together.

an end, the Children’s Reading Room invited German
picture book author Jutta Bauer to conduct a workshop.
Mrs. Bauer, the author of D i e K ön i g i n d e r F a r b e n andS h r e i m u t t e r , and S e l m a is a vivacious woman witheyes always sparkling with the question: Is there anythinginteresting going on? Many children enjoyed the event
interpretedbytranslator

KOMORI

Kaori

who

has

introduced Bauer’s books to Japan in addition to being a
picture book author herself.
Because the workshop focused on D i e K ön i g i n d e r
F a r b e n , originally an animated film, the event began witheveryone viewing the film.

Just two people drew thethousands of pictures that make up the film.

Dynamic

scenes of the Queen playing happily with colors and thenquarrelling with them are shown.
After they saw the movie it was time for the children to“Play with Colors” themselves. The children were given six
pictures of the Queen dancing, being surprised, and curling
into a ball.

Ms. Bauer advised them not to just “color

within the lines”, but to express how the Queen played withthe colors. At first the children were hesitant, but after
they saw Ms. Bauer use colors broadly on a piece of drawing
paper they began to use colors more freely. After everyone

Finally, Ms. Bauer gave each of the participants asigned picture of an animal. She drew the pictures as thechildren called out their favorites: “A sheep!” “A giraffe!”“A cat!” – and so on. Everyone was enthralled by the speedof her pen.

This

event

Institute,

was

Freie

sponsored
undbyHansestadt

the

Osaka

Hamburg,

GoetheKinder-undJugendtheaterzentrum in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Lufthansa
German Air.

ACTIVITIES OF THE FELLOWS 2003〜2004
These are activities of the fellows who came to the Instituteto participate in
The Foreign Researchers Fellowship
Program .

Dr. Kalukottege telling a story at IICLO

Section A: Foreign researchers of Japanese children's
literature. Section B: Foreign researchers who are able toparticipate in research and contribute to international
exchange. A: Period of stay. B: Position. C: Research
theme. D: Research results/Publication titles E: Research
activities, related activities.
P r a s a n s a K a l u c o t t e g e , Sri Lanka, Section A
Ａ：Mar. '03 - Aug. '03.
Ｂ：University of SriJayewardenepura.
Ｃ：Translation of picture books forsmall children
Ｄ： A Consideration on theTranslation of Japanese Picture Books into English: Citing
Three Practical Examples
Ｅ：took part in storytellingsessions at IICLO's Children's Reading Room

Attending lectures related to picture books and seeing
original art exhibitions I could grasp the real taste of picture
books to a great extent. Also I witnessed how picture books
are used at pre-schools and baby care centers while I was at
IICLO. To impart this knowledge to the pre-school teachers

N g u y e n D o A n N h i e n , Vietnam, Section A
Ａ：Oct. '03 - Mar. '04.
Ｃ: Works of Miyazawa Kenji
D ： .Pedagogical Power of Miyazawa Kenji’s Works in
Vietnam / Vietnamese Translation of Kaze no Matasaburô
E：Took part in storytelling sessions at IICLO's Children's
Reading Roomin Sri Lanka I have conducted lectures and workshops. I

M y E xperien ce at IIC L O

R e s tru ctu rin g o f th eF e llo w sh ip P ro gra m

Dr. Prasansa Kalucottege

have setup a small library for children with a collection of
about 1000 picture books. I have English, Sinhala andJapanese books in my library. Being with picture books isalways a pleasure for me.

Studying about picture books was a new experience forDuring the fifteen years since its start in 1989, IICLO’sme as my working field was completely different. I work in

Fellowship Program for Foreign Researchers has welcomed

the University of Sri Jayewardenepura as a senior lecturer

forty-one researchers from thirty countries. In 2004 thein the field of Statistics. I first saw Japanese picture books

call for researchers was halted for a review of the structure

more than 10 years ago when I was studying for my Ph.D inof the program. As an alternative venture, IICLO is giving

Saga University during 1989-1995. As I was very interested

financial support to the Sevent h A s i a n C hildren’sin the Japanese language I loved reading Japanese picture

Literature Convention to be held at facilities in Nagoya,books. It was a wonderful experience for me to do research in

Aichi Prefecture, and Oshima-machi, in Toyama Prefecture,

this very interesting field at IICLO.

for offering grants to those who present excellent papers,

The knowledge gained at IICLO gave me the valuablepublishing the proceedings of the symposium, andexperience of translating the famous picture book Gri and Grao r g a n i z i n g the exhibition of Asian Picture

to Sinhala, which is my mother tongue. This is the first time

Books.

that a Japanese picture book was translated and publishedAs soon as the new system for the fellowship programin Sri Lanka. The opportunity I got to read a lot of goodhas been completed we will publish an outline on ourJapanese picture books made my translation a success. The

homepage, so please check there for details later in the year.

feed back of the readers is a pleasure and it encourages me(We plan to make the announcement about the new program

to continue this work.

by the end of 2004.)

EXHIBITIONS AT THE INSTITUTE
October 10—December 27, 2002

African Children’s Books

First Picture Books for Parents and their Child

Cooperated by Eguchi Kazuhisa (Professor, National
Museum of Ethnology) and his staff

January 5—February 13, 2003
“The Two Great Pioneer of Japanese Children’s Literature:

August 1―September 29, 2003

Inui Tomiko ＆ Ueno Ryo”

The History of Japanese Comics Featuring “Robot”
Cooperated in planning by Takeuchi Osamu (Professor,
Doshisha University)

October 1―November 29, 2003
Exhibition of the 9th Brothers Grimm Award

October 25―October 30, 2003
Publishers’ Temperament and Culture in Osaka
April 10—May 11, 2003

December 1, 2003―February 11, 2004

Europe, a Dream in Pictures?: Picture Books from European

Children’s Books in Old Days

Countries
CooperatedbyNational

Congress

Library

andInternational Children’s Library

March 1―March 29, 2004
Exhibition of the 20th Nissan Picture Book Grand Prix
Winners

May 12―July 29, 2003

DIGITAL MUSEUM
Although we have nearly 700,000 items in our

300 titles), from those published over one hundred years ago

possession at IICLO, because the great majority of these areto recent bestsellers. Accompanying pictures of covers andconsidered to be precious materials there are actually only

illustrations are introductions of authors and columns

around 20,000 volumes on display in the Children's Library,summarizing each period and genre. Fun corners, such as

or available for lending. “While we are collecting books for“Knowledge Capsules” have been included offering materialchildren, the children aren't able to see them” has been therelated to each selection. Focusing on the 19th century indilemma we have been caught in, and in order to solve thisparticular, there are audio versions of some selections

we have started a digital museum for children calledavailable so that it is possible to get a feeling for the“Children's Books: Now and Long Ago”.

difference between modern and present day literary styles.

Five genres popular with children today “Family”,“School

andFriends”,“Fantasy

andFairlyAs such world classics of children's literature as (Alice inTales”,

Wonderland, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Anderson’s Fairy Tales,“Adventure and Exploration” and “Mysteries and Detection”

Cuore, and so on), were translated into Japanese at theare used to introduce a broad variety of books (more thanstart of the 20th century and read by many children,

examples of these early translations have also been
included.
Unfortunately we did not create an English version of

http://museum.iiclo.or.jp

the museum, but it is possible, by viewing the covers andillustrations of each selection, to get an overview of thehistory of illustrations for children in Japan. The generaldesign of the site, including illustrations and characters,
makes use of the works of Murayama Tomoyoshi (1901-77),
an appropriate representative of the quality of that artistic
history.

Maruyama is one of the storybook illustrators

representative of the 1920-30s.

IN APPRECIATION OF BOOK DONATIONS
From April 2003 to March 2004 we received donations from many people and organizations. We would like to express ourheartfelt thanks and also to request your continuing support.
JOHN FOSTER (AUSTRALIA)
蒋風(CHINA)
鄭 明進(CHINA)SANDRA L. BECKETT (CANADA)ANNIE RENONCIAT (FRANCE)EDITIONS GALLIMARD (FRANCE)CRISTIANO MARTORELLA (ITALY)JUTTA BAUER (GERMANY)WINFRED KAMINSKI（GERMANY）
李 在徹 (KOREA)
金 永順 (KOREA)KESTUTIS URBA (LITUANIA)
愛薇 (MALAYSIA)TOIN DUIJX (NEDERLAND)SAPANA (NEPAL)PRASANSA KALUKOTTEGE (SRI LANKA)DANIEL AVIOLAT (SWITZERLAND)
林 文茜 (TAIWAN)
KIMBERLEY REYNOLDS (UK)NGUYEN DO AN NHIEN (VIETNAM)
少年児童出版社 巨人編集部(CHINA)
THE DANISH INFORMATION CENTRE (DENMARK)SUOMEN NUORISOKIRJALLISUUDEN INSTITUUTTI (FINLAND)GEMEINSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG VON KJL (GERMANY)
INTERNATIONALE JUGENDBIBLIOTHEK (GERMANY)JAPANISCHER KINDERGARTEN FRANKFURT (GERMANY)KINDER‑UND JUGENDTHEATERZENTRUM IN DER BUNDESREPUBLIKDEUTSCHLAND (GERMANY)MUSEO PAMBATA FOUNDATION, INC (PHILIPPINE)SVENSKA BARNBOKSINSTITUTET (SWEDEN)
INTERNATINOAL BOARD ON BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,IBBY(SWITZERLAND)SCHWEIZERISCHES INSTITUT FUR KINDER‑UND JUGENDMEDIEN(SWITZERLAND)PORN‑ANONG NIYOMKA HORIKAWA（THAILAND）
中華民国児童文学学会 (TAIWAN)
台北市立図書館 (TAIWAN)

GENERAL INFORMATION*Institute Hours: 9:30am‑5:00pm*Closed: Wednesdays,
End of month, the New Year Holiday Season(Dec.28th‑Jan.4th)[Also closed for a few weeks in February each year for the airing of books and general inventory]

Editor: 水間千恵（Mizuma Chie）

Translator: Rebecca Teele
Director: 中川

正文(Nakagawa Masafumi)

The International Institute for Children's Literature, Osaka 2004
＊All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.