Yojiro Ishizaka
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was an influential and popular novelist of post-World War II
Japan
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, Aomori Prefecture
, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University
in 1920. On graduating, he took a position at Hirosaki Women's High School. Later, he became a teacher at Akita Women's High School. From 1929 to 1938 he taught at Yokote Junior High School.
In 1939, he moved to Tokyo
, and in 1940, during World War II
, he was a news correspondent in the Philippines
.
While widely popular in Japan, to the point that some of his stories were made into multiple movies, only a small portion of his writings have been translated and published in English
.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
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Education and early career
Born at Daikancho 82, HirosakiHirosaki, Aomori
is a city located in southwest Aomori Prefecture, Japan. It is a castle town and was the Tsugaru clan ruled the 100,000 koku tozama han Hirosaki Domain from Hirosaki Castle during the Edo period. The city is currently a regional commercial center and the largest producer of apples in Japan...
, Aomori Prefecture
Aomori Prefecture
is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....
, Ishizaka went to Hirosaki Middle School in 1913 and then to Keio University
Keio University
,abbreviated as Keio or Keidai , is a Japanese university located in Minato, Tokyo. It is known as the oldest institute of higher education in Japan. Founder Fukuzawa Yukichi originally established it as a school for Western studies in 1858 in Edo . It has eleven campuses in Tokyo and Kanagawa...
in 1920. On graduating, he took a position at Hirosaki Women's High School. Later, he became a teacher at Akita Women's High School. From 1929 to 1938 he taught at Yokote Junior High School.
In 1939, he moved to Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
, and in 1940, during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, he was a news correspondent in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
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Ishizaka the writer
His novel Blue Mountain Range (青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku) helped introduce the concept of the "New Japan" - a postwar culture that could look forward to a new future.While widely popular in Japan, to the point that some of his stories were made into multiple movies, only a small portion of his writings have been translated and published in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
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Writings
- "Go to See a Sea" published in Mita BungakuMita BungakuMita Bungaku is a Japanese literary journal founded in 1910 at Keio University which published early works by young Japanese authors such as Yōjirō Ishizaka, Kyōka Izumi, Hakushū Kitahara, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,, Takitarō Minakami, Kojima Masajirō, and Ayako Sono.-Founding:Mita Bungaku was founded...
magazine (1927) - Wakai Hito published in Mita BungakuMita BungakuMita Bungaku is a Japanese literary journal founded in 1910 at Keio University which published early works by young Japanese authors such as Yōjirō Ishizaka, Kyōka Izumi, Hakushū Kitahara, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki,, Takitarō Minakami, Kojima Masajirō, and Ayako Sono.-Founding:Mita Bungaku was founded...
magazine (1933) - Wakai hito (1937) (novel)
- Doku-ganryu masamune (1942) (novel)
- Blue Mountain Range (青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku) (1949) (novel)
- film adaptation: 青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku (1949 film)Aoi sanmyaku (1949 film), literally: The Green Mountains, is a 1949 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tadashi Imai. Its theme was sung by Ichiro Fujiyama and Mitsue Nara.It is an adaptation of 1949 novel Blue Mountain Range by Yōjirō Ishizaka....
(1949) - film adaptation: 續 青い山脈 Zoku aoi sanmyaku (1949)
- film adaptation: 青い山脈 新子の巻 Aoi sanmyaku Shinko no maki (1957)
- film adaptation: 続青い山脈 雪子の巻 Zoku Aoi sanmyaku Yukiko no makiZoku Aoi sanmyaku Yukiko no makiis a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Shūe Matsubayashi....
(1957) - film adaptation: 青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku (1963 film) (1963)
- film adaptation: 青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku (1975 film) (1975)
- film adaptation: 青い山脈'88 Aoi sanmyaku '88 (1988)
- film adaptation: 青い山脈 Aoi sanmyaku (1949 film)
- Ishinaka sensei gyojoki (1950) (story)
- Wakai hito (1952) (novel)
- Kuchizuke, III: Onna doshi (1955) (story)
- Nikui mono (1957) (story)
- Hi no ataru sakamichi (1958) (novel)
- Wakai musumetachi (1958) (story)
- Suzukake no sanpomichi (1959) (novel)
- Aruhi watashi wa (1959) (novel)
- Kiri no naka no shojo (1959)
- Kawano hotoride (1962) (story)
- Izuko e (1966) (story)
- Wakai musume ga ippai (1966) (story)
- Ishinaka sensei gyojoki (1966) (story)
- Hi no ataru sakamichi (1967) (novel)
- Film adaptation: A Slope in the SunA Slope in the Sunaka A Slope in the Sun is a 1958 black-and-white Japanese film drama directed by Tomotaka Tasaka.The film is based on the novel by Yōjirō Ishizaka....
(1958) was directed by Tomotaka TasakaTomotaka Tasakawas a Japanese film director.-Career:Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, he began working at Nikkatsu's Kyoto studio in 1924 and eventually came to prominence for a series of realist, humanist films made at Nikkatsu's Tamagawa studio in the late 1930s such as Robō no ishi and Mud and Soldiers, both of...
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- Film adaptation: A Slope in the Sun
- Dare no isu? (1968) (novel)
- Film adaptation: Dare no isu? (1968)
- Hi no ataru sakamichi (1975) (novel)
- Aitsu to watashi (1976) (novel)
- Wakai hito (1977) (novel)
See also
- The Baby CarriageThe Baby Carriageis a 1956 black-and-white Japanese film directed by Tomotaka Tasaka....
(乳母車 Ubaguruma), 1956 film based on one of Ishizaka's stories
External links
- IMDB listing for Yojiro Ishizaka http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0411151/
- Biography http://web.archive.org/20070616081122/www.media-akita.or.jp/akita-pioneers/ishizaka1E.html
- Key dates in Ishizaka's life http://web.archive.org/20070616081122/www.media-akita.or.jp/akita-pioneers/ishizaka2E.html
- Yojiro Ishizaka Memorial Hall http://web.archive.org/web/20070616081122/http://www.media-akita.or.jp/akita-pioneers/ishizaka2E.html