Mitsumasa Anno - Mitsumasa Anno

Painter and picture book author. Born in Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture. Graduated from Yamaguchi Normal School. After working as an elementary school teacher, he became an illustrator in 1960. Attracted by Escher's paintings, he attracted attention with his picture book "Fushiginae" (1968), which used the optical illusion technique to feature many dwarfs. He won the Minister of Education's Art Encouragement Prize for New Artists for "ABC no Hon - The Twisted Alphabet" (1974), and the Golden Apple Award at the Bratislava International Children's Book Fair (BIB) in what was then Czechoslovakia for "Aiueo no Hon" (1976). He also drew unique picture books related to the world of numbers, such as "Hajimete de Usugaku no Hon" (1972) and "Beautiful Mathematics - Sets" (1974). He has also worked on delicately drawn, lyrical picture books such as "Art Book: Wild Flowers and Dwarfs" (1976, Shogakukan Art Award) and "Song Picture Book" (1977), and has since been active in a wide range of fields, including landscape painting, book design, and essays. He has received international acclaim, including the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Illustration, the Brooklyn Museum of Art Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Kate Greenaway Medal, and the Bologna Children's Book Fair Graphics Award. He has written many books, including the essay collection "Fantasy Workshop" (1979), six volumes of "Anno Mitsumasa's Collected Writings" (1995), a collection of 311 unusual and bizarre questions "Sango Jyugo" (1996), and "The Road to Return to Hometown" (2000). The Mitsumasa Anno Museum of Art was completed in his hometown of Tsuwano and opened in March 2002. In 1988, he was awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon.

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"Mysterious Pictures" (1968, Fukuinkan Shoten) ▽ "Upside Down by Anno Mitsumasa (1969, Fukuinkan Shoten)" ▽ "First Encounter Math Book, Vol. 1-10 (1972-1974, Fukuinkan Shoten)" ▽ "ABC Book - The Wacky Alphabet (1974, Fukuinkan Shoten)" ▽ "Aiueo Book" (1976, Fukuinkan Shoten) ▽ "Art Book: Wildflowers and Dwarfs" (1976, Iwasaki Shoten) ▽ "Anno Mitsumasa's Art Book - Anno 1968-1977" (1977, Kodansha) ▽ "Travel Picture Book, Vol. 1-4 by Anno Mitsumasa (1977-1983, Fukuinkan Shoten)" ▽ "A Picture Book of the Geocentric Theory" by Mitsumasa Anno (1979, Fukuinkan Shoten)" ▽ "Fantasy Workshop" (1979, Heibonsha)" ▽ "Tsuwano" by Mitsumasa Anno (1980, Iwasaki Shoten)" ▽ "Fantasy Art Studio" by Mitsumasa Anno (1984, Heibonsha)" ▽ "Fantasy Teahouse Conversation" by Mitsumasa Anno (1986, Heibonsha)" ▽ "Fantasy Bookshop" by Mitsumasa Anno (1991, Heibonsha)" ▽ "Anno Mitsumasa Collected Works, 6 volumes (1995, Chikuma Shobo)" ▽ "Pran-go-shugo" (1996, Asahi Shimbun)" ▽ "The Road Home" (2000, Iwanami Shoten) ▽ "Song Landscapes" by Mitsumasa Anno (2001, Kodansha) "The Spring of the Craftsmen" by Anno Mitsumasa (2002, Kodansha)" ▽ "Children of the Past" by Anno Mitsumasa (2002, NHK Publishing)" ▽ "The Village Square" by Anno Mitsumasa (2002, Asahi Shimbun)" ▽ "The Picture Book of the Impromptu Poet" by Anno Mitsumasa (2002, Kodansha)" ▽ "Everything" by Anno Mitsumasa (Bunshun Bunko)" ▽ "Golden Highway" by Anno Mitsumasa (Kodansha Bunko)" ▽ "Beautiful Mathematics - Sets" by Stone Brain, illustrated and written by Anno Mitsumasa (1974, Diamond Publishing)" ▽ "Picture Book of Songs - From Japanese Songs" edited by Akutagawa Yasushi, illustrated by Anno Mitsumasa (1977, Kodansha)" ▽ "Three Mirrors - A Conversation with Michael Ende" by Inoue Hisashi, Anno Mitsumasa, and Kawai Hayao, edited and translated by Koyasu Michiko (1989, Asahi Shimbun)" ▽ "To Live is an Amazing Thing" by Anno Mitsumasa and Kawai Hayao (1998, Kodansha)" ▽ "Goodbye is All There is to Life" by Anno Mitsumasa, Takahashi Genichiro, and Takayama Fumihiko (2002, Kobunsha)" ▽ "Wishes are 'Normal'" by Sato Tadayoshi and Anno Mitsumasa (2002, Bunka Publishing Bureau)" ▽ "Mental Illusions People Are Trapped In" by Anno Mitsumasa and Kawai Hayao (Kodansha Plus Alpha Bunko)"

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画家・絵本作家。島根県津和野(つわの)町に生まれる。山口師範学校卒業。小学校教師を経て、1960年（昭和35）イラストレーターとなる。エッシャーの絵にひかれ、たくさんの小人を登場させた「だまし絵」手法の絵本『ふしぎなえ』（1968）で注目を集める。『ABCの本――へそまがりのアルファベット』（1974）で芸術選奨文部大臣新人賞を、『あいうえおの本』（1976）でチェコスロバキア（当時）のブラチスラバ国際絵本原画展（BIB）金のリンゴ賞を受賞する。また、『はじめてであうすうがくの本』（1972）、『美しい数学――集合』（1974）など数の世界にかかわるユニークな絵本を描く。『画集　野の花と小人たち』（1976。小学館絵画賞）、『歌の絵本』（1977）など繊細なタッチで描く抒情(じょじょう)性豊かな絵本も手がけ、その後も絵本にとどまらず風景画、装画、装丁、エッセイなど幅広い分野で活躍する。国際アンデルセン賞画家賞をはじめとしてブルックリン美術館賞、ボストングローブ・ホーンブック賞、ケイト・グリーナウェイ賞、ボローニャ国際児童図書展グラフィック大賞などを受賞し、国際的にも高く評価されている。エッセイ集『空想工房』（1979）をはじめとして『安野光雅・文集』6冊（1995）、311編の珍問奇問集『散語拾語(さんごじゅうご)』（1996）、『故郷(ふるさと)へ帰る道』（2000）など多数の著書がある。故郷の津和野に「安野光雅美術館」が完成、2002年（平成14）3月に開館された。1988年紫綬褒章(しじゅほうしょう)受章。

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『『ふしぎなえ』（1968・福音館書店）』▽『安野光雅著『さかさま』（1969・福音館書店）』▽『『はじめてであうすうがくの本』第1～10（1972～1974・福音館書店）』▽『『ABCの本――へそまがりのアルファベット』（1974・福音館書店）』▽『『あいうえおの本』（1976・福音館書店）』▽『『画集　野の花と小人たち』（1976・岩崎書店）』▽『『安野光雅の画集――Anno 1968-1977』（1977・講談社）』▽『安野光雅著『旅の絵本』1～4（1977～1983・福音館書店）』▽『安野光雅著『天動説の絵本』（1979・福音館書店）』▽『『空想工房』（1979・平凡社）』▽『安野光雅著『津和野』（1980・岩崎書店）』▽『安野光雅著『空想画房』（1984・平凡社）』▽『安野光雅著『空想茶房　対談』（1986・平凡社）』▽『安野光雅著『空想書房』（1991・平凡社）』▽『『安野光雅・文集』全6冊（1995・筑摩書房）』▽『『散語拾語』（1996・朝日新聞社）』▽『『故郷へ帰る道』（2000・岩波書店）』▽『安野光雅著『歌の風景』（2001・講談社）』▽『安野光雅著『職人たちの春』（2002・講談社）』▽『安野光雅著『昔の子どもたち』（2002・日本放送出版協会）』▽『安野光雅著『村の広場』（2002・朝日新聞社）』▽『安野光雅著『繪本即興詩人』（2002・講談社）』▽『安野光雅著『エブリシング』（文春文庫）』▽『安野光雅著『黄金街道』（講談社文庫）』▽『ストーン・ブレーン著、安野光雅絵・文『美しい数学――集合』（1974・ダイヤモンド社）』▽『芥川也寸志編、安野光雅絵『歌の絵本――日本の唱歌より』（1977・講談社）』▽『井上ひさし・安野光雅・河合隼雄著、子安美知子編訳『三つの鏡――ミヒャエル・エンデとの対話』（1989・朝日新聞社）』▽『安野光雅・河合隼雄著『生きることはすごいこと』（1998・講談社）』▽『安野光雅・高橋源一郎・高山文彦著『サヨナラだけが人生だ』（2002・恒文社）』▽『佐藤忠良・安野光雅著『願いは「普通」』（2002・文化出版局）』▽『安野光雅・河合隼雄著『人が、ついとらわれる心の錯覚』（講談社＋α文庫）』

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