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Eriko Kishida (岸田 衿子, Kishida Eriko, January 5, 1929 – April 7, 2011) was a Japanese poet, children's author, lyricist, and translator. She is known for writing the lyrics to popular animated children's television shows like Anne of Green Gables and Heidi, Girl of the Alps, as well as her children's picture books. Kishida was a member of the Kai group and published poetry in the "Kai" literary magazine founded by Noriko Ibaragi.




Life


Eriko Kishida was born in Tokyo Prefecture (now Suginami Ward, Tokyo) as the eldest daughter of the playwright Kunio Kishida and Akiko Murakawa Kishida. Her younger sister was the actress Kyoko Kishida and her cousin was the actor Shin Kishida. Kishida was educated at Rikkyo Jogakuin Elementary School, then Rikkyo Jogakuin Girls' School. She attended Tokyo University of the Arts in the Department of Oil Painting, where she was classmates with close friend and collaborator, the artist Chiyoko Nakatani. Initially aspiring to be a painter, Kishida suffered from a respiratory disease and turned to writing and poetry as a career.
On October 4, 1954, Kishida married the poet Shuntaro Tanikawa. They divorced in October 1956. In 1963, she married Ryuichi Tamura and divorced in July 1969. She had at least one son.
For most of her life, Kishida lived and worked the foot of Mount Asama in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. Although Kishida herself rarely wrote for adults, starting in her twenties she was active in writing picture books for young children, as well as translating English-language books into Japanese and writing poetry. Over the next fifty years, Kishida gained much respect and recognition as a poet and children's author, in both Japan and in the West. One of her earlier picture books, Kaeritekita Kitsune (1973), was illustrated by her close friend, Chiyoko Nakatani, and won the grand prize at the Sankei Children's Book Awards. Kishida collaborated with Nakatani on many of her children's books, including Kaba-kun.
Kishida published one of her first poetry collections, Wasureta Aki, in 1955, and went on to publish many other poems. Notably, she was a part of the "Kai" group affiliated with the poetry magazine of the same name, founded by Noriko Ibaragi in 1953. Some of Kishida's poetry collections include Akarui Hi no Uta ("Song of a Bright Day) and Sonatine no Ki ("The Tree of Sonatina).
In addition to her published work, Kishida wrote the lyrics for the theme songs of four animated works that aired on the Fuji TV's television show World Masterpiece Theater: Heidi, Girl of the Alps, A Dog of Flanders, Rascal the Raccoon, and Anne of Green Gables.
Kishida continued to publish until she died of meningioma on April 7, 2011, at a hospital in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan at the age of 82.




Selected works






= Publications

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Trees: A Collection of Poems and Paintings (co-authored with Minoru Nakamura, Eureka) 1954
Wasureta Autumn (Eureka) 1955 - collection of poems
The Lion Story (Shoshi Eureka) 1957 - Poetry collection
Kabakun (illustration by Chiyoko Nakatani, Fukuinkan Shoten) 1966
Japanese Birthplace (Iwasaki Shoten) 1967
A Little Camel Hungry (illustration by Naga Shinta, Komine Shoten) 1968
Uncle Noah's Box (illustrations by Chiyoko Nakatani, Iwasaki Shoten) 1969
Geojio's Birthday (illustration by Chiyoko Nakatani, Akane Shobo) 1970
Baby's Picture Book 5 volumes (illustrations by Shinta Naga, Hikari no Kuni) 1970
Let's Play (Shufunotomosha) 1972
Sleepy Cat (illustration by Seiichi Horiuchi, Shufu to Seikatsusha) 1972
Thank you everyone (illustration by Seiichi Horiuchi, Shufu to Seikatsusha) 1972
The Fox Came Back (illustrated by Chiyoko Nakatani, published by Kodansha) 1973 - Winner of the Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award Grand Prize
Giogio's Bakery (illustration by Chiyoko Nakatani, Akane Shobo) 1975
Crayon no Uta (Sanrio Publishing) 1976
Someone Who Colored the Wind (Seidosha) 1977
Geojio's Crown (Fukuinkan Shoten) 1978
What Did You Eat? (Kose Publishing) 1978
Songs of the Bright Days (Seidosha) 1979
A Village Where No One Is in a Hurry (illustration by Chiyoko Nakatani, Education Publishing Center) 1980
Was the Elephant Once a Baby? (Kaiseisha) 1980
Sonatine Tree (illustration by Mitsumasa Anno, Seidosha) 1981
Picking Strawberries: A Poetry and Picture Book for Children (illustrations by Yuriko Yamawaki, Fukuinkan Shoten) 1983
Daughter of the Echo (photographed by Shoji Kakuta, Shobunkan) 1983
Koneko (illustration by Ogi Taro, Fukuinkan Shoten) 1985
Buy a Grass-Colored Ticket (Seidosha) 1987
Onimaru and Tomoko to the Sea (illustrated by Seiichi Horiuchi, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1987
Onimaru's Helicopter (Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1987
Blueberry Picking Days: News from a Mountain Hut for Two (co-authored with Kyoko Kishida, Tokuma Shoten) 1988, later renamed News from a Mountain Hut for Two (Bunshun Bunko)
Is Hariemon's medicine delicious? The hedgehog doctor's big success (illustrated by Yasuji Mori, Tokuma Shoten) 1989
Strange Hide-and-Seek: Children's Seasons and Play Songs (Nora Shoten) 1990
Counting Songs (Illustrated by Suzuki Koji, Fukuinkan Shoten) 1990
The Hippo's Boat (Fukuinkan Shoten) 1990
The Elephant Bakery (Hikari no Kuni) 1992
What's in Today's Lunch Box? (illustration by Yuriko Yamawaki, Fukuinkan Shoten) 1994
Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter in the Forest: Found in the Oshigippa Forest (Poplar Publishing) 1994
There's no need to rush (Dowaya) 1995
Neko Neko Yanagi (Fukuinkan Shoten) 1996
Who is this snowman? (Fukuinkan Shoten) 1997
I Found You All (Fukuinkan Shoten) 1998
Put on the soap and it's bubbling away (illustration by Yuriko Yamawaki, Fukuinkan Shoten) June 1999
Wild Flower Road (illustration by Kazuho Furuya, Fukuinkan Shoten) March 2000
News from Strawberries (illustrated by Kazuho Furuya, published by Fukuinkan Shoten) June 2001
An Important Day (Rironsha) 2005 - Poetry collection
Gugigasan and Fuhehosan (by Atsukoe Nishimura, published by Fukuinkan Shoten) July 2009
Mojaranko (illustrated by Kazuho Furuya, published by Fukuinkan Shoten) January 2011
Speaking of my father, speaking of my teacher (Kishida Kunio) Published in the July 1977 issue of the Quarterly Art Magazine - A three-way discussion with Kishida Kyoko and Furuyama Takao




= Lyricist

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"Tell me/Wait and see" (composed by Takeo Watanabe) - Opening theme / Ending theme for the TV anime Heidi, Girl of the Alps
"The Path of Dawn/It's Always There" (composed by Takeo Watanabe) - Opening/Ending theme for the TV anime A Dog of Flanders
"Rock River/Come to Rascal" (composed by Takeo Watanabe) - TV anime Rascal the Raccoon OP/ED
"Kikoeru Kazara/Unending Dream" (composed by Akira Miyoshi) - TV anime Anne of Green Gables OP/ED
"Wind and Trees" (composed by Yoshinori Kurosawa) - Set piece for the elementary school division of the 64th NHK National School Music Competition
"Yonde Iru" (written and arranged by Seiichiro Uno) - Theme song for the TV anime Manga Kodomo Bunko
"Little Little" (Terashima Naohiko composition) - Children's song




= Translations

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The Sand Fairies (translated by Nesbitt and Maeda Toyoji, Gakken) 1968
The Red Balloon (Albert Lamorisse, Kaiseisha) 1968
Look, You Can Hear It (LaVerne Johnson, Kaiseisha) 1969
Doronkokobuta (Arnold Lobel, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1971
Harold's Mysterious Adventure (Crockett Johnson, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1971
Children of the Moonlit Night (written by Janice Mae Adley, illustrated by Maurice Sendak, Kodansha) 1972
Harold and the Purple Crayon (Crockett Johnson, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1972
Harold the Magical Land (Crockett Johnson, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1972
Lucille is a Horse (Arnold Lobel, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1974
Monster Mac and the Magic Umbrella (Ellen Bruns, Ann Cook, Bunka Publishing Bureau) 1974
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter (John Burningham, Holp Publishing) June 1976
How Long Can Rubber Stretches? (Mike Thaler, Holp Publishing) September 1976
My Little Chicken (Alice & Martin Provensen, Holp Publishing) September 1976
Christmas is full of Santa Claus's beard (Roger Duvoisin, Yugakusha) December 1978
Have You Seen the Red Bag? (Steven Kellogg, Kaiseisha) April 1978
What's Wrong with the Moon? (E.M. Preston, Iwanami Shoten) September 1979
Mrs. Trot and the Cat (Paul Galdon, Yugakusha) October 1979
Country Diary (Edith Holden, co-translated by Maeda Toyoji, Sanrio) March 1980
Kate Greenaway's Play Picture Book (Kate Greenaway, Rippushobo) August 1980
Don't Cry, Bear (Frank Ash, Yugakusha) December 1980
This is a bargain, Geraldine (Ellen Conford, Kokudosha) November 1980
A Year at Kaedegaoka Farm (Alice & Martin Provensen, Holp Publishing) June 1980
I Never Wanted a Baby (Martha Alexander, Kaiseisha) February 1980
Someone play with me (Martha Alexander, Kaiseisha) April 1980
The Story of the Village of Roses (Jill Barklem, Kodansha)
The Story of the Village of Roses by the Stream May 1981
When the Fruit Ripens: The Story of the Village of Roses May 1981
Spring Picnic: The Story of the Village of Roses May 1981
Snow Day Party: The Story of Nobara Village May 1981
Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: The Story of the Village of Roses April 1986
Wilfred's Mountain Climb: The Story of the Village of Roses October 1986
The Story of the Village of Roses: The Story of the Sea August 1991
Wilfred's Mountain Climbing: Tales of the Village of Roses 6 November 1992
The Secret Staircase: The Story of Nobara Village November 1993
Poppy's Baby: Tales of the Village of Roses 8 September 1994
The Village of Roses: A Tale of Four Seasons April 1995
Aunt Curly's Mysterious Garden (Ruth Kraft, Akane Shobo) June 1981
Christmas is a Chaotic Life (Stephen Kroll, Yugakusha) December 1981
Seven Rabbits (John Becker, Bunka Publishing Bureau) September 1982
Children of the Moonlit Night (Janice May Adlai, Kodansha) December 1983
Snow, Snow (Roy McKee, Penguin, First Book to Read Alone) January 1984
The Owl and the Three Kittens (Alice & Martin Provensen, Holp Publishing) December 1985
All of My Poems for My Young Children (edited by Dorothy Butler, co-translated by Yuriko Momo, Nora Shoten) October 1991
Let's Build a House: A Poetry Collection for Kushla (edited by Dorothy Butler, co-translated by Yuriko Momo, Nora Shoten) December 1993
Nature Notes (Edith Holden, co-translated by Maeda Toyoji, Sanrio) March 1991
Mary Poppins (P. L. Travers, Kawade Shobo Shinsha) February 1993
Kewpie's Little Stories (translated by Rose O'Neill and Koto Kishida, Froebel-kan) July 1999
Minue the Kitten (Françoise, Nora Shoten) May 2006
The King of Raspberry (by Zacharias Topelius, illustrated by Yuriko Yamawaki, Shueisha) February 2011




References






External links


Eriko KISHIDA at ANN
Eriko Kishida at IMDb

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