Murasaki Yamada

Murasaki Yamada (やまだ 紫, Yamada Murasaki^?), born as Mitsuko Shiratori, was a Japanese feminist essayist, manga artist, and poet. She was associated with Garo. Frederik L. Schodt regarded her work as particularly important because, although there is a culture of girl's manga, Yamada's work has a feminist message, which is rare in girls' manga. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura and Yōko Kondō, her former assistants.^[1]

She debuted in COM in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a manga artist. Her works are described as being pictorial I Novels.^[1] She taught at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga.^[2]

She once ran for a seat in Japan's House of Councillors as part of the Chikyū Club political organization in 1989.

She died at Kyoto Hospital on May 5, 2009, aged 60, from undisclosed causes.^[3]

Works

• Ai no Katachi (愛のかたち^?)
• Blue Sky – follows a woman's life and struggles after she divorces.
• A manga adaptation of Otogizōshi, a traditional tale.
• Shōwaru-Neko
• Shin Kilali – a slice-of-life story about a Japanese mother and wife who realises her marriage is failing.
• Yume no Maigo-tachi Les Enfants Reveurs (with Yōko Isaka)

_{Sources:^[1][2][3]}

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Frederik L. Schodt. Dreamland Japan. Stone Bridge Press. pp. 155–159. ISBN 978-1-880656-23-5. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Loug6sbKTvEC&pg=PA155&dq=Murasaki+Yamada#PPA155,M1. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "やまだ 紫" (in Japanese). Kyoto Seika University. http://www.kyoto-seika.ac.jp/edu/manga/comicart/faculty.php. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Feminist Manga Creator Murasaki Yamada Passes Away". Anime News Network. 2009-05-07. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-07/feminist-manga-creator-murasaki-yamada-passes-away. Retrieved 2009-05-14. 

External links

• Google books (French)