Toshiko Kanzawa

Children's literature author. Born in Fukuoka City. Real name Toshi Furukawa. As a child, she lived in Hokkaido and Karafuto as the daughter of a mining engineer. Graduated from Bunka Gakuin. In 1960 (Showa 35), she published "Chibikko Kamu no Bouken" (The Adventures of Little Kamu), set in the north of Japan and based on her experiences as a young girl, in "Haha no Tomo" magazine. It attracted attention as a children's story with a rich narrative quality. Since then, in addition to fairy tales that vividly depict the sensibilities of young children, she has written large-scale fantasies and autobiographical novels. Her representative works include "Naughty Otter Rocco" (1968), "Kuma no Ko Woof" (1969), the long fantasy novel "Gin no Honoo no Kuni" (1972), which depicts a world where animals fight, "Nagare no Hotori" (1976, Japan Children's Writers Association Award), and "Inai Inai Baaya" (1978, Noma Children's Literature Award, Japan Literature Association Award). "Woof the Little Bear" is a masterpiece of children's stories that has been reprinted more than 100 times since its first edition in 1969, and was published in a revised new edition in 2001 (Heisei 13). There are also 10 books of "Woof the Little Bear Picture Book" (1979-84). Other works include "Baba the Duckling" (1974, Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award), "Snow is Coming?" (1980, Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award), "Sky-colored Egg" (1985), the mythical fantasy "The Swan of Taran" (1989, Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award Grand Prize), and children's poetry books such as "Good Night, See You Tomorrow" (1988, Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award) and "Congratulations Are galore" (1991, Japan Children's Song Award). Four books of "Baba the Duckling" have been published as the "Baba-chan" series by 1984. In 1994, she published the 5-volume "Kamizawa Toshiko Collection" (Iwaya Sazanami Literary Award, Roadside Stone Literary Award). She also published "I Never Thought I'd Become a Grandmother" (1999), which tells the story of her life and the background to the creation of her works. In 1996, she received the Mobil Children's Culture Award.

[Nishimoto Keisuke]

``The Adventures of Little Kam'' (1967, Rironsha) ▽ ``Rocco the Mischievous Otter'' (1968, Akane Shobo) ▽ ``Woof the Little Bear'' (1969, revised edition 2001, Poplar Publishing) ▽ ``Land of the Silver Flame'' (1972, revised edition 1997, Fukuinkan Shoten) ▽ ``Baba the Duckling'' (1974, Kaiseisha) ▽ ``By the Stream'' (1976, Fukuinkan Shoten) ▽ ``Peek-a-Boo'' (1978, Iwanami Shoten) ▽ ``Picture Books of Woof the Little Bear, all 10 volumes (1979-1984, Poplar Publishing) ▽ ``Is Snow Coming? " (1980, Gingasha)" ▽ "Sky-colored eggs" (1985, Kaiseisha) ▽ "Poetry books for young children: Good night, see you tomorrow" and "Poetry books for young children: full of congratulations" (1988, 1991, Nora Shoten) ▽ "Taran's Swan" (1989, Fukuinkan Shoten) ▽ "The Toshiko Kamizawa Collection, all 5 volumes (1994, Akane Shobo)" ▽ "To be an old lady" (1999, Shobunsha) ▽ "An invitation to children's culture for adults (vol. 2)" by Toshiko Kamizawa, Yoko Sano, et al., edited by the Picture Book and Children's Literature Research Center (1994, Eideru Research Institute)" ▽ "Conversations between contemporary children's literature authors 6: Inui Tomiko, Toshiko Kamizawa, and Miyoko Matsutani" by Teruo Jingu (1990, Kaiseisha) ▽ "Imae Shoichi, 'Imae Shoichi's Book Volume 35: My Merry-Go-Round' (1990, Rironsha)" ▽ "Okada Junya, 'The Appeal of Children's Books -- From Miyazawa Kenji to Awa Naoko' (1992, KTC Chuo Publishing)"

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児童文学作家。福岡市生まれ。本名古河トシ。幼時、鉱山技師の娘として北海道、樺太(からふと)で過ごす。文化学院卒業。1960年（昭和35）『母の友』に少女時代の体験から北の国を舞台にした『ちびっこカムのぼうけん』を発表。物語性豊かな幼年童話として注目される。以後、幼児の感覚を生き生きと描く童話のほかに、スケールの大きいファンタジーや自伝的小説を書く。代表作に『いたずらラッコのロッコ』（1968）、『くまの子ウーフ』（1969）、動物たちの戦う世界を描いた長編ファンタジー『銀のほのおの国』（1972）、『流れのほとり』（1976。日本児童文芸家協会賞）、『いないいないばあや』（1978。野間児童文芸賞、日本文学者協会賞）などがある。『くまの子ウーフ』は1969年の初版以来100刷を超える幼年童話の傑作で、2001年（平成13）表紙をリニューアルして改訂新版として発行された。また、『くまの子ウーフの絵本』（1979～84）10冊がある。そのほかの作品に、『あひるのバーバちゃん』（1974。産経児童出版文化賞）、『ゆきがくる？』（1980。産経児童出版文化賞）、『空色のたまご』（1985）、神話的ファンタジー『タランの白鳥』（1989。産経児童出版文化賞大賞）など、子どものための詩の本に『おやすみなさいまたあした』（1988。産経児童出版文化賞）、『おめでとうがいっぱい』（1991。日本童謡賞）などがある。『あひるのバーバちゃん』は、「バーバちゃん」シリーズとして84年までに4冊が刊行されている。1994年（平成6）には、『神沢利子コレクション』全5巻（巌谷小波(いわやさざなみ)文芸賞、路傍の石文学賞）を刊行。また、自らの人生と作品誕生の背景を語った『おばあさんになるなんて』（1999）がある。1996年モービル児童文化賞受賞。

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『『ちびっこカムのぼうけん』（1967・理論社）』▽『『いたずらラッコのロッコ』（1968・あかね書房）』▽『『くまの子ウーフ』（1969、改訂版2001・ポプラ社）』▽『『銀のほのおの国』（1972、改訂版1997・福音館書店）』▽『『あひるのバーバちゃん』（1974・偕成社）』▽『『流れのほとり』（1976・福音館書店）』▽『『いないいないばあや』（1978・岩波書店）』▽『『くまの子ウーフの絵本』全10冊（1979～84・ポプラ社）』▽『『ゆきがくる？』（1980・銀河社）』▽『『空色のたまご』（1985・偕成社）』▽『『幼い子どものための詩の本　おやすみなさいまたあした』『幼い子どものための詩の本　おめでとうがいっぱい』（1988、91・のら書店）』▽『『タランの白鳥』（1989・福音館書店）』▽『『神沢利子コレクション』全5巻（1994・あかね書房）』▽『『おばあさんになるなんて』（1999・晶文社）』▽『神沢利子・佐野洋子ほか著、絵本児童文学研究センター編『大人への児童文化の招待（下）』（1994・エイデル研究所）』▽『神宮輝夫著『現代児童文学作家対談6　いぬいとみこ・神沢利子・松谷みよ子』（1990・偕成社）』▽『今江祥智著『今江祥智の本第35巻　ぼくのメリー・ゴー・ラウンド』（1990・理論社）』▽『岡田純也著『子どもの本の魅力――宮沢賢治から安房直子まで』（1992・KTC中央出版）』

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