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{{Infobox person
| name = Chiyoko Nakatani
| native_name = 中谷千代子
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|16}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|12|26|1930|01|16}}
| death_place = [[Toshima]], Tokyo, Japan
| nationality = Japanese
| alma_mater = [[Tokyo School of Fine Arts]]
| occupation = Author and illustrator
| notable_works = ''Kaba-kun'' (1962)
}}
'''Chiyoko Nakatani''' (中谷千代子, ''Nakatani Chiyoko'', January 16, 1930 - December 26, 1981) was a Japanese [[picture book]] author and illustrator. During the [[Shōwa era]], Nakatani was one of the artists to popularize Japanese children's books outside of Japan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-16 |title=1月16日 中谷千代子さん｜絵本の詩人 ｜ふくふく本棚｜福音館書店公式Webマガジン |trans-title=January 16th: Chiyoko Nakatani {{!}} Picture book poet |url=https://www.fukuinkan.co.jp/blog/detail/?id=239 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Fukuinkan |language=Japanese}}</ref>
== Personal Life ==
Nakatani was born in [[Tokyo]], Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Girls' High School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuracho High School) and studied [[oil painting]] at the [[Tokyo University of the Arts]] under [[Ryūzaburō Umehara|Ryusaburo Umehara]]. She was classmates and close friends with poet [[Eriko Kishida]], and went on to illustrate several of her picture books.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=中谷千代子 :: 東文研アーカイブデータベース |trans-title=Nakatani Chiyoko: Articles on Deceased Persons in the Japanese Art Yearbook |url=https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/bukko/10190.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Tokyo Cultural Properties Research Institute |language=Japanese |publication-date=1982}}</ref>
After graduating, Nakatani married Sadahiko Nakatani, who had also studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts.<ref name=":0" />
Nakatani passed away from heart failure on December 26, 1981, at a hospital in Toshima, Tokyo, at the age of 51.<ref name=":2" />
== Career ==
After graduating in 1952, Nakatani taught children's art classes at elementary schools classes and took part in local and national exhibitions of her oil paintings. In 1957, she developed an interest in picture books and, inspired by the work of [[Fukuinkan Shoten]] and its editor-in-chief {{ill|Nao Matsui|ja|松居直}}, decided to make her own.<ref name=":0" />
Nakatani debuted as a picture book author and illustrator alongside [[Eriko Kishida]] when they published ''Geogeo's Crown'' in 1960. The two of them would go on to collaborate on several other children's books together, including ''Kaettekita Kitsune'' (The Returned Fox)'','' which won the 21st [[Sankei Children's Book Award]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sankei Children's Book Award Facts for Kids |url=https://kids.kiddle.co/Sankei_Children's_Book_Award |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=kids.kiddle.co |language=en-us}}</ref> in 1974. ''Kaba-kun'' (1962),<ref>{{Cite web |title=かばくん｜福音館書店 |trans-title=Kaba-kun |url=https://www.fukuinkan.co.jp/book/?id=61 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Fukuinkan}}</ref> was their first book to receive international attention and translations in European and American countries. They were among the first Japanese children's book authors to gain that level of popularity in the West. Nakatani's work has been translated into many languages.
In 1963, Nakatani and her husband spent a year in France, where she studied picture books and met fellow children's book artists {{ill|Père Castor|fr|Père Castor}} and {{ill|Bettina Hürlimann|de|Bettina Hürlimann}}. She visited France again in 1973 and 1976 to gain inspiration for her books.<ref name=":2" />
Throughout her life, Nakatani created over 105 books for children, both as a collaborator and as the only author. Some of the picture books that she wrote and illustrated alone were ''Taro and the Dolphin'' (1969) and the ''Ken-chan Picture Book'' series, whose protagonist was based on her nephew.<ref name=":0" />
In 1981, she served as a judge for various new children's illustration awards, before passing away in April. Nakatani was a versatile and skilled artist who valued realism, wanting to appeal to adults as well as children. She worked primarily with oil paints.<ref name=":0" />
Nakatani's illustration from ''Sugan-san no Yagi'' (The Brave Little Goat of Monsieur Se'guin, 1966) is currently displayed at the [[Chihiro Iwasaki#Memorial museums|Chihiro Iwasaki Museum]], which exhibits the work of picture book artists from around the world. The museum describes Nakatani as "a pioneer of the overseas publication of Japanese picture books."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chiyoko Nakatani |url=https://chihiro.jp/en/foundation/collection/chiyoko-nakatani/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''GeoGeo's Crown'' (Kodomo no Tomo, 1960) - illustration; written by Eriko Kishida
* ''Kaba-kun'' (Hippopotamus) (Kodomo no Tomo, 1962) - illustration; written by Eriko Kishida
* ''Sugan-san no Yagi'' (The Brave Little Goat of Monsieur Se'guin, 1966)
* ''Taro and the Dolphin'' (1969) - illustration and story
* ''The day Chiro was lost'' (1969)
* ''Fumio and the Dolphins'' (1970)
* ''Little Momo'' first edition - illustration; written by [[Miyoko Matsutani]]
* ''Boku no uchi no dōbutsuen'' (The zoo in my garden) (1973)
* ''Kaettekita Kitsune'' (The Returned Fox) ([[Kodansha]], 1974) - illustrated; written by Eriko Kishida
* ''My Day on the Farm'' (1976)
* ''My Teddy Bear'' (1976)
* ''My Treasures'' (1979)
* ''My Animal Friends'' (1979)
* ''Jo jo no Kanmuri'' (The Lion and the Birds Nest)
* ''Animal Opposites'' (1981)
* ''Feeding Babies (Picture Puffin)'' (1981)
* ''Shirokichi and Yuki (''1981)
== Awards ==
* 1965: ''The Lost Chiro'' and ''The Hippo's Boat'' won the 14th Shogakukan Art Award
* 1967: The English translation of ''Sugan-san no Yagi'' (1966) was selected as the best work at the Chicago Tribune/Washington Post Children's Book Festival
* 1969: ''The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse'' won the 1st Kodansha Publishing Culture Award
* 1974: ''Kaettekita Kitsune'' won the 21st [[Sankei Children's Book Award]] Grand Prize<ref name=":1" />
* 1979: ''The Tortoise's Walk'' won the 26th Sankei Children's Book Culture Award for Recommended Book
== References ==
<references />
== External Resources ==
* [https://chihiro.jp/en/foundation/collection/chiyoko-nakatani/ Chiyoko Nakatani] at [[Chihiro Iwasaki#Memorial museums|Chihiro Art Museum]]
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese women artists]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese artists]]
[[Category:Japanese children's book illustrators]]
[[Category
eople from Tokyo]]
[[Category:Japanese women children's writers]]
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{{Infobox person
| name = Chiyoko Nakatani
| native_name = 中谷千代子
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|01|16}}
| birth_place = Tokyo, Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|12|26|1930|01|16}}
| death_place = [[Toshima]], Tokyo, Japan
| nationality = Japanese
| alma_mater = [[Tokyo School of Fine Arts]]
| occupation = Author and illustrator
| notable_works = ''Kaba-kun'' (1962)
}}
'''Chiyoko Nakatani''' (中谷千代子, ''Nakatani Chiyoko'', January 16, 1930 - December 26, 1981) was a Japanese [[picture book]] author and illustrator. During the [[Shōwa era]], Nakatani was one of the artists to popularize Japanese children's books outside of Japan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2019-01-16 |title=1月16日 中谷千代子さん｜絵本の詩人 ｜ふくふく本棚｜福音館書店公式Webマガジン |trans-title=January 16th: Chiyoko Nakatani {{!}} Picture book poet |url=https://www.fukuinkan.co.jp/blog/detail/?id=239 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Fukuinkan |language=Japanese}}</ref>
== Personal Life ==
Nakatani was born in [[Tokyo]], Japan. She graduated from Tokyo Prefectural Girls' High School (now Tokyo Metropolitan Sakuracho High School) and studied [[oil painting]] at the [[Tokyo University of the Arts]] under [[Ryūzaburō Umehara|Ryusaburo Umehara]]. She was classmates and close friends with poet [[Eriko Kishida]], and went on to illustrate several of her picture books.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=中谷千代子 :: 東文研アーカイブデータベース |trans-title=Nakatani Chiyoko: Articles on Deceased Persons in the Japanese Art Yearbook |url=https://www.tobunken.go.jp/materials/bukko/10190.html |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Tokyo Cultural Properties Research Institute |language=Japanese |publication-date=1982}}</ref>
After graduating, Nakatani married Sadahiko Nakatani, who had also studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts.<ref name=":0" />
Nakatani passed away from heart failure on December 26, 1981, at a hospital in Toshima, Tokyo, at the age of 51.<ref name=":2" />
== Career ==
After graduating in 1952, Nakatani taught children's art classes at elementary schools classes and took part in local and national exhibitions of her oil paintings. In 1957, she developed an interest in picture books and, inspired by the work of [[Fukuinkan Shoten]] and its editor-in-chief {{ill|Nao Matsui|ja|松居直}}, decided to make her own.<ref name=":0" />
Nakatani debuted as a picture book author and illustrator alongside [[Eriko Kishida]] when they published ''Geogeo's Crown'' in 1960. The two of them would go on to collaborate on several other children's books together, including ''Kaettekita Kitsune'' (The Returned Fox)'','' which won the 21st [[Sankei Children's Book Award]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Sankei Children's Book Award Facts for Kids |url=https://kids.kiddle.co/Sankei_Children's_Book_Award |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=kids.kiddle.co |language=en-us}}</ref> in 1974. ''Kaba-kun'' (1962),<ref>{{Cite web |title=かばくん｜福音館書店 |trans-title=Kaba-kun |url=https://www.fukuinkan.co.jp/book/?id=61 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Fukuinkan}}</ref> was their first book to receive international attention and translations in European and American countries. They were among the first Japanese children's book authors to gain that level of popularity in the West. Nakatani's work has been translated into many languages.
In 1963, Nakatani and her husband spent a year in France, where she studied picture books and met fellow children's book artists {{ill|Père Castor|fr|Père Castor}} and {{ill|Bettina Hürlimann|de|Bettina Hürlimann}}. She visited France again in 1973 and 1976 to gain inspiration for her books.<ref name=":2" />
Throughout her life, Nakatani created over 105 books for children, both as a collaborator and as the only author. Some of the picture books that she wrote and illustrated alone were ''Taro and the Dolphin'' (1969) and the ''Ken-chan Picture Book'' series, whose protagonist was based on her nephew.<ref name=":0" />
In 1981, she served as a judge for various new children's illustration awards, before passing away in April. Nakatani was a versatile and skilled artist who valued realism, wanting to appeal to adults as well as children. She worked primarily with oil paints.<ref name=":0" />
Nakatani's illustration from ''Sugan-san no Yagi'' (The Brave Little Goat of Monsieur Se'guin, 1966) is currently displayed at the [[Chihiro Iwasaki#Memorial museums|Chihiro Iwasaki Museum]], which exhibits the work of picture book artists from around the world. The museum describes Nakatani as "a pioneer of the overseas publication of Japanese picture books."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chiyoko Nakatani |url=https://chihiro.jp/en/foundation/collection/chiyoko-nakatani/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=CHIHIRO ART MUSEUM |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Selected works ==
* ''GeoGeo's Crown'' (Kodomo no Tomo, 1960) - illustration; written by Eriko Kishida
* ''Kaba-kun'' (Hippopotamus) (Kodomo no Tomo, 1962) - illustration; written by Eriko Kishida
* ''Sugan-san no Yagi'' (The Brave Little Goat of Monsieur Se'guin, 1966)
* ''Taro and the Dolphin'' (1969) - illustration and story
* ''The day Chiro was lost'' (1969)
* ''Fumio and the Dolphins'' (1970)
* ''Little Momo'' first edition - illustration; written by [[Miyoko Matsutani]]
* ''Boku no uchi no dōbutsuen'' (The zoo in my garden) (1973)
* ''Kaettekita Kitsune'' (The Returned Fox) ([[Kodansha]], 1974) - illustrated; written by Eriko Kishida
* ''My Day on the Farm'' (1976)
* ''My Teddy Bear'' (1976)
* ''My Treasures'' (1979)
* ''My Animal Friends'' (1979)
* ''Jo jo no Kanmuri'' (The Lion and the Birds Nest)
* ''Animal Opposites'' (1981)
* ''Feeding Babies (Picture Puffin)'' (1981)
* ''Shirokichi and Yuki (''1981)
== Awards ==
* 1965: ''The Lost Chiro'' and ''The Hippo's Boat'' won the 14th Shogakukan Art Award
* 1967: The English translation of ''Sugan-san no Yagi'' (1966) was selected as the best work at the Chicago Tribune/Washington Post Children's Book Festival
* 1969: ''The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse'' won the 1st Kodansha Publishing Culture Award
* 1974: ''Kaettekita Kitsune'' won the 21st [[Sankei Children's Book Award]] Grand Prize<ref name=":1" />
* 1979: ''The Tortoise's Walk'' won the 26th Sankei Children's Book Culture Award for Recommended Book
== References ==
<references />
== External Resources ==
* [https://chihiro.jp/en/foundation/collection/chiyoko-nakatani/ Chiyoko Nakatani] at [[Chihiro Iwasaki#Memorial museums|Chihiro Art Museum]]
[[Category:1930 births]]
[[Category:1981 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese women artists]]
[[Category:20th-century Japanese artists]]
[[Category:Japanese children's book illustrators]]
[[Category
eople from Tokyo]][[Category:Japanese women children's writers]]
Okumaya devam et...