Michio Mado
Michio Mado (Japaneseまどみちお, real name Ishida Michio (石田 道 雄), born November 16, 1909 in Tokuyama, Yamaguchi Prefecture, † February 28, 2014 ) was a Japanese poet, particularly of children's songs. He was of Kitahara Hakushu and Yoda Jun'ichi (1905-1997) taught, and especially for his children's songs " Zo -san ", " Yagi -san Yubin " and " Ichinensei ni nattara " known.
Life
As Michio's father had professional reasons to Taiwan, Michio stayed first with his grandfather, however, followed a short time later also his parents to Taiwan. He studied at the National Taipei University of Technology and published at this time his first poems in the magazine " Ayumi ". After graduating, he worked in the department of ports and waterways of the General Taiwan (台湾 総 督府Taiwan Sōdokufu ). In 1934 he published five papers in the journal " Kodomo no kuni ". 1936 set to music by the composer Yasuharu Yamaguchi ( 1901-1968 ) the children's song " Futa atsu ".
In 1943 he was drafted as a pioneer of the Navy and came as a soldier through various theaters of war to Singapore, where he witnessed the end of the Second World War. After his return to Japan in 1948 he began to work in a publishing house and dealt with the publication of the journal " Child Book ". After his retirement in 1959 he devoted himself to writing poetry and children's songs as well as painting. 1992 his book " Dōbutsutachi " ( The Animals ) was translated into English and published in Japan and America, at the instigation of the Empress Michiko.
Prizes and awards
Works (selection)
Song Collections
Translated picture books
Children's Songs
- Zō -san (ぞうさん), set to music by Dan Ikuma
- Yagi -san yubin (やぎ さん ゆうびん), set to music by Dan Ikuma
- Onigiri kororin (おにぎり ころり ん), set to music by Akihiro Komori )
- Ichinensei ni nattara (いちねんせい に なっ たら), set to music by Naozumi Yamamoto )
- Fushigi na Poketto (ふしぎ な ポケット), set to music by Shigeru Watanabe )
- Drops no uta (ドロップス の うた), set to music by Megumi Onaka )
- Mizu asobi (みずあそび), set to music by Rentaro Taki )