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International
Institute forChildren’s
Literature,
Osaka

NO.7 Ｏｃｔｏber 2017

for

My Second Term at IICLO

Inside this issue:
My Second Term of IICLO
1The Opening of The Adventure of
Finding the Secrets of Manga for
introducing the pleasure of reading
Manga!
2
International Forum : Looking at
the History of American Children's
literature
3
An Exhibition of Picture Books on
Food from Around the World
4
Winners of the 33rd NissanChildren's Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
4
IICLO Bulletin No. 30
5Lectures and Activities for Reading
Promotion
5
Events for Children
6
Activities for Reading Promotion 7
Mail Magazine
8
Research Projects
8
Publications and Websites
9
In Appreciation of Book
Donations10

Miyakawa Takeo, Chief Director
My second term as chief director of IICLO
started on the 1st of July 2017 and I haveexperienced the full range of the work of the
IICLO in the first term.
The Nissan Children's Storybook and PictureBook Grand Prix and the International Grimm
Award are two of the main projects of IICLO. The 34th Nissan GrandPrix has started and the final selecting committee will be held in
December. I am very much looking forward to finding great works.
The International Grimm Award is sponsored by the Kinrankai
Foundation. It is biannual and last year was devoted to selection andthis year is when the award will be made. The awardee of the 16th
International Grimm Award is Dr. Roberta Seelinger Triets from the
U.S.A. who is an outstanding researcher of adolescent literature.

The ceremony for the award and the commemorative

subway.

lecture by Dr. Trites was held on the 1st of October at

Many places I visit are connected with bridges in

Muto-Kinen-Hall at Kokumin-Kaikan in Osaka.

Osaka, which reminds me of the rivers being theI am not familiar with buildings in Osaka because

centre of this rich city. Incidently, the hotel I usually

I live in Tokyo. So I checked where the award

stay in Osaka is in Kyobashi (Kyo birdge).

ceremony is held on the internet. I found that it was

In addition to the two events mentioned above, ourvery close to Tenmabashi (Tenma bridge) subway

foundation has many jobs such as events, researchstation and had a long history dating back to 1933.

projects, publication of bulletins, issuing mailThe building is the one in which the generalmagazines and the reception of materials fromassembly of the Society of Osaka Children's Reading

publishers. I believe that in our activities we would

Promotion of which I am the chairman after ex-chief

look for more possibilities of opening children's

director, MIYAKE Okiko was held in June at the

future in the world. In my second term as chief

meeting room of Asahi Newspaper Head Office. It is

director I would like to keep looking for the bridges

close to Watanabebashi (Watanabe bridge) station onthat harness the power of rivers, like those in Osaka.

the Keihan line, Higobashi (Higo bridge) station andI would like to thank all of you for your warm

Yodoyabashi (Yodoya bridge) station on the Osaka

support and ask for your continued assistance.

1The Opening of The Adventure of Finding the Secretsof Manga for introducing the pleasure of reading
Manga!
We opened the internet site called The Adventure of

Finding Secrets of Manga, a project subsidized by the
Kodomo Yume Fund of 2016 because we wish children to
know the pleasure of reading manga, which is a part ofJapanese culture.
With the aid of manga experts 204 titles of manga from the
1950s to the present have been selected. On the site, thestories and the characters are introduced with some key
words.

Searches using the title, the author, keywords andgenre can be made. It includes the images of front covers aswell as the ones featuring the characters and sample pages
under copyright license. The site is a reading guide forchildren and to help libraries and school libraries to makeselections.
The site also includes a corner that utilizes quizzes forlearning about the grammar of manga such as panel layout,
balloons, and effect lines. The site characters are taken from

Kaito Spangle (Phantom thief Spangle) by Sasaki Maki. We
hope that this program can be used for library activities andJapanese lessons in schools.
There is also a corner called "This is the book werecommend game".

Answering a series of yes or noquestions leads you to some manga titles. Comments about
the manga can be shared too to make the site interactive.
It also linked with A Great Adventure on the Sea of Books,
which is a site for introducing children's books. Therefore
when you choose a keyword such as "War" for the manga site,
you’ll see a list of manga titles and then you can see the books
on war from A Great Adventure on the Sea of Books, on thesame application screen. It is accessible with both PCs andsmart phones. We hope you will visit and enjoy this site.

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International Forum :Looking at the History ofAmerican Children's literature

An international forum called "Looking at the

Mr. Marcus's books such as Goodnight Moon: A 50th

History of American Children's Literature was held

Anniversary Retrospective (Hyoronsha, 2002) andbecause Leonard S. Marcus, a historian and

Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs,

children's literary critic came to Japan at Osakaand the Making of American Children’s Literature

prefectural central library.

(Hara-shobo, 2015); and the significance of studying

At the forum, Mr. Marcus gave a lecture called "A

the history of children's literature.

History of American Children's Literature" which
overviewed the history of American Children's
literature from the 17th to 21st centuries with many

Date: May 22nd, 2016

images. Then Miyake Okiko, special advisor to ourPlace: Osaka Prefectural Central Library Meeting

foundation gave a lecture called "Reception of

Room

American Children's literature in Japan", which

Lecturers: Leonard S. Marcus (Historian and critic oftraced the history of the reception of American

children's

children's literature from the Edo period to the(Researcher of children's literature)present.

Translator: Maezawa Akie (Translator) andProfessor

Miyakepointedout

theliterature)and

MIYAKE

Okiko

uniqueness of the Japanese reception, such as the

Yokoyama Kaz

fact that books which were popular in the U.S.A were

Participants: 85

not always translated in Japan and that some books＊Co-sponsor: Japan Society of Children's Literature

which were awarded Newbery or Caldecott Medal

in English

had been translated even before the World War Ⅱ.

＊ This project was supported by the following

After the two lectures, Mr. Marcus and Professor

companies: Suntory Holdings Limited., Panasonic

Miyake engaged in a discussion on the theme of

Corporation,"What We Can Learn from American Children'sSupport Ltd., Musashi-I-Techno Ltd.

Literature". They covered many interesting topics,＊Copies of the report of the lecture and workshop

such as some outstanding American authors; theare available for 1000 yen.

present situation regarding publishing in the U.S.A.;＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fund

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Fujitsu

Systems

Applications&

An Exhibition of Picture Books on Foodfrom Around the World
About 100 Picture books on food from all aroundSupport: Osaka Prefectural Central Library,

the world were exhibited. These materials are owned*Subsidized project of Incorporated Administrativeby Osaka Prefectural Central Library Center forAgency Commemorative Organization for the Japan

International Children’s Literature. There wereWorld Exposition ’70

corners for various activies, such as making a pop up
card and My Favorite Food Message Corner.

<Events>○“Story-telling on food”
Date: July 20, 2016 Story-telling session twice
Performer: Ohanashi Poppo
Participants: 83○Picture book Making Workshop: Let’s Makea

Picture Book on Food!
<Exhibition>

Date: July 30, 2016

Date: July 23 – August 7, 2016

Instructor: Doi Yasuko

Place: Expo ’70 Pavillion, Expo Park

Participants: 21

Cosponsor: Kansai Environment Development
Center Incorporated Association

Winners of the 33rd Nissan Children’s Storybook and
Picture Book Grand Prix
☆In the Picture Book Category

The 33rd Nissan Children’s Storybook and PictureBook Grand Prix, a storybook and picture book

＊Grand Prix＊

contest for new authors, was held and 38 works were

Gyu (“Hug”) by Mifusama

chosen.

Award Ceremony
Date: March 4, 2017

＊There were 2,501entries ; 2,177 volumes in thePlace: Lighty Hall, Osaka Prefectural Central

Storybook Category and 324 volumes in the Picture

LibraryBook Category

In cooperation with Nissan Motor Corporation☆In the Storybook Category＊Grand Prix＊＊The books by the winners of the 32nd Merit Award

Kometogi-yuurei no Yoneko-san (Yoneko, thein the Storybook Category and Grand Prix in the

Rice-Washing Ghost) by Ebata Eri

Picture Book Category were published by BL
Publishing in December, 2016.

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In the Storybook Category

Little Adventure on Sunday text by AIKAWA
Miya, illustrated by Miyazaki Akemi (Left).
In the Picture Book Category

In the Basement text and illustrated by
Yokosuka Kaori (Right).
.

IICLO Bulletin No. 30
IICLO advertised for articles on children’s literature for IICLO Bulletin No.30 and three articles
were accepted.
<Contents>
Omachi Keigetsu’s View of Literature Concerning

the movie for the children ; Magic Lantern, theatre,

Shuyo Shugi by Meguro Tsuyoshi

motion pictures. by Fukushima Kanako

How Otogi Club started: Introduction to the

Illustrators of Kodomo no Tomo in 1910s: Concerning

study of the Otogi Club by Asaoka

KITAZAWA Rakuten by Takagi Yoshiko

YasuouExplanatory Notes on Specific Items in the Magazine

The Readers' Reception of the Story of Momotaro

Shonen (Boys) No.5 by Endo Junbetween 2000 and 2009 by Ohfuji Mikio

An Outline of Shonen Shojo Tankai (Stories for Boysand Girls): in comparison with Shonen Club (Boys’【Report on Research Project】

Club) by Doi Yasuko

The Study of the Modern History of Children’s
publishing Culture: Hakubunkan Publishing in the【Report】

Meiji Period by Endo Jun

The Shônen-sekai’s Otogi Gentô-tai, Otogi-shibai,

Lectures and Activities for Reading Promotion
1. Dispatch IICLO Staff for Lectures

2. Judging and committee member duties

IICLO dispatched our staff to give 50 lectures to(1) Serving as a judge for the 12th Osaka Children’s

librarians, school librarians, teachers, volunteers forBook Band contest (Organized by Osaka readingchildren’s book activities, parents and people who

promotion committee and Asahi Newspaper)

are interested in children’s books, giving advice on(2) Serving as a judge for the 26th Mino hand-madebook selection and reading promotion, running a

Kamishibai contest (Organized by Mino city

course on conveying the pleasure of books andboard of education and Hito to Hon wo Tsumugu

participating in reading clubs etc.

Kai)(3) Serving as a judge for the “The composition ofexperiences that expand the Kokoro-no-wa “circleof the heart” (Kokoro-no-wa) 2016 contest (Osaka

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prefecture welfare department)

Committee for Human rights in Osaka)(4) Serving as a judge for the 35th competition for(5) Serving on the book selecting committee ofpoems and book reports connected with human

Smile With Picture books Project by the Osakarights.

Izumi Co-operative Society(Organized

by

Osaka

prefecture,

Education Council of Osaka prefecture, andEvents for Children
Story Monorail
Hankyu Realty Co., Ltd., Benesse Corporation

A unique event “Story Monorail” was held in which＊Subsidized project of Kodomo Yume Fundparticipants enjoyed stories in a reserved monorail
carriage and watched a puppet play in Saito. . The
2016 “Story Monorail” was the tenth event in thisseries.
Date: September 17, 2016
Participants: 240
Performers: IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo, Puppet
Play Company Nanjamonja
Support: Osaka Monorail Co., Ltd., Commemorative
Organization for the Japan World Exposition ’70,

Storytelling sessions and workshops(1) Event for looking at old Kamishibai(2) Six story-telling sessions were run at the
We held anChildren’s reading room in Osaka Prefectural

event with aCentral Library by IICLO staff, Ohanashi-Poppo.

performance ofGaito-Kamishibai.

Date: July 20th, 2016
Place: Osaka Prefectural Central Library MeetingRoom(3) Making a Picture Book about Forests

Performers: Shiozaki Otogi Kamishibai Museum

We enjoyed a “forest” themed story-telling session,

staff

explored a forest where we collected many things,

Host: Osaka Prefectural Central Library and IICLO

and both children and adults made a “Forest Picture

Supporter: Shiozaki Otogi Kamishibai Museum

Book”.

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

・Conducting three stories workshops for primary

Picture Book”

school pupils at Toyonaka City Higashioka Primary

Date: October 22nd and 23rd, 2016

School etc.

Place: Osaka Prefectural Syonen Shizen-no-Ie(5) Story-telling session in a children’s homes
・Six story-telling sessions and three puppet plays
and the distribution of picture books at eightchildren’s homes: Performer, Ohanashi Poppo,
Puppet Theater La CLARTE＊Project subsidized by Kouzu Seiwa Kai Foundation(6) Children’s story exchanges between China, Korea,
and Japan were held in China and IICLO staff
devised a workshop for making picture books
together (August 17th to 23rd in 2016).
Participants: 100
Place: Beijin
Host: The Executive Committee of Children’s story
exchanges between China, Korea, and Japan(7) Participation in planning of foundation projects
by Ohanashi Poppo and Puppet Play Circle Palette(4) Story-telling session and workshop in a primary

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

Library (twice): Performer, Ohanashi Poppo

children with books.

Activities for Reading Promotion
Participation 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

two 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
prefecture, IICLO participated in the planning of7

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 2016, there were 2336 subscribers. The contents are as follows.
< Contents >1. Information from IICLO

A series of lectures for volunteers who do reading

2. Column

activities, which explain the basic points: how to(1) Talk on a recently published children’s book:choose and read picture books to children.

IICLO professional staff talk about a new book(4) Places to go! :with specialists in children's literature.

Reports on exhibitions, films and lectures related(2) Essays on children's literature:

to children’s literature and culture

An essay written by the chief director and the

3. Information about events on children’s literature

IICLO professional staff on children's literature,and culture in Japan: introducing events by otherfor example on the work ofgroupsMIYAZAWA Kenji(3) Introductory guidance for volunteers who read

4. Present: A book chosen by lottery is introduced in

picture books to children:“Talk”

Research Projects
Research Project on the History of Hakubunkan Publishing in the Meiji Period
The IICLO is conducting a joint project withThrough three years of research, the project maderesearchers from outside the institute to study

a data base of contents of magazines (400 copies in

Hakubunkan publishing.

total) published at Hakubunkan Publishing such as･Research meetings: 4

Nihon no Shonen (Japanese Boys), Yonen Zasshi

・A thesis and a research note were inserted in IICLO(Magazine for Young Children) and Yonen Sekai

Bulletin No. 30(Young Children's Woarld).

・Research members: Asaoka Yasuou, professor of

By using the data, the project pursued research

Shirayuri Women’s College, Sakai Masayo, professor

topics on a magazine called Shonen Sekai (Boys'of Aichi Shukutoku University, Meguro Tsuyoshi,

World) including a study of Iwaya Sazanami, of theassistant professor of Kobe University, Endo Jun,readers’ column, of Shonen Sekai compared with

IICLO special researcher/ associate professor ofother magazines and its concept of literature.

Kyoto Kacho College, Komatsu Satoko, IICLO
specialresearcher,

Doi

Yasuko,

IICLO

We would like to develop this research andseniorcontinue to look at the history of magazines forresearcher

children especially, in the Taisho period.

＊ The project applied for the Grants-in-Aid for
Scientific Research and was selected for funding
through 2014-16

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Publications and Websites
Hon Navi Kids, Book Research System

Let’s Make a Picture Book with British PictureBook Author Emily Gravett! 1000 yen“Hon Navi Kids (Book Navigation for Kids)” is a

・Reports on the forum “Keep Asking What Children’ssystem where children play on the internet, choosing
words and feelings to find the books they like.

Literature ; Looking back on the works of

IICLO independently drew up the keywords andProfessor Torigoe Shin” 1000 yen

the outlines of stories. In 2016 we added 1792 titles.

・Reports on an International Exchange Project inThis project is being conducted in collaboration with

2013: “Picture Book Author Lauren Child Talked

Fujitsu Systems Applications & Support Limited.

about her Works—My worries are infinite” / Let’s
Make a Picture Book with British Picture Book

Picture Book Making Workshops for Kids

Author Lauren Child!

1000 yen

IICLO opened a web site called Picture Book

・Reports on the forum “Keep Explrng Children’s

Making Workshops for Kids in 2013. We devised

Literature and Culture—Looking back on theworkshops according to the site and added someworks of Nakagawa Masafumi, scholar ofcontent.

children’s literature”

1400 yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project in

Shinken Seminar’s Manabi Library

2012: The World of David Wiesner, Picture BookIILCO was given this collection in trust by Benesse

Author—Pictures Talk, Making a Picture Book

Corporation and selected recommended books.

with Picture Book Author David Wiesner! 1000

Contracted cooperative work for planningby publishers

yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project in・Editorial supervision for a pamphlet called

2011: The Fascination of Australian Picture

Smile With Picture Books by the Osaka Izumi

Books: Shaun Tan talks about His Work, Let’s

Co-operative Society.

Make a Picture Book with Australian Picture

Recommended Children’s Books
Shinken Seminor’s Internet LibraryforBook Author Shaun Tan 1000 yen
・Reports on an International Exchange Project in

IICLO was asked by Benesse Corporation to select2010: Symposium Picture Books in Asia “Picture

recommended books for an internet library.

Books Cross Borders—Picture Books in Chinese
Speaking Countries Now”

500 yenMaterials issued by IICLO・IICLO Bulletin No. 1-30

・Reports on an International Exchange Project in・Reports on symposium the Present of World Picture2016 : International Forum : Looking at theBooks, A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in

History of American Children's Literature 1000

Thai 1900 yen

1000 yen – 1900 yen

・A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in India

yen・Reports on an International Exchange Project in

1400 yen・A Collection of Essays, Picture Books in China

2015 : “Picture Book Author Emily Gravett
Talked about her Works—Living in Pictures” /1900 yen9etc.

(pretax price)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
2,892
Magazines
3,056
Others985
Total
6,933 items

Our thanks go to;
Lastenkirjainstituutti (Finland)
Gallimard Jeunesse (France)
Internationale Jugendbibliothek (Germany)
APCEIU (Korea)
Kestutis Urba (Lituania)
IBBY-Nederlands (Nederlands)
Swedish Art Council (Sweden)
Svenska barnboksinstitutet (Sweden)
Schweizerisches Institut f ür Kinder-und Jugendmedien (Switzerland)
高 明美 (Taiwan)
張 桂娥 (Taiwan)
David Jacobson (USA)The International Institute for Children’s Literature, Osaka, 2017
All Japanese names in the News appear in the traditional order, surname followed by given name.

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