Machiko Satonaka(Lí trung mãn trí tử,Satonaka Machiko,born 24 January 1948)is a Japanesemanga artist.She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with theone-shotPia no Shōzō( "Portrait of Pia" ). She has since created nearly 500mangain a variety of genres. Two of her most notable works areAshita Kagayaku( "Tomorrow Will Shine" ), which won the 1974 Kodansha Publishing Culture Award, andKaryūdo no Seiza( "Constellation of the Hunter" ), which won the 1982Kodansha Manga Award.In addition to creating manga, Satonaka teaches at theOsaka University of Artsas the head of the Character Creative Arts Department and serves on the board of various manga-related organizations in Japan.

Machiko Satonaka
Lí trung mãn trí tử
Satonaka in 2023
Born(1948-01-24)24 January 1948(age 76)
Osaka,Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
AwardsSee below

Early life

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Machiko Satonaka was born on 24 January 1948 inOsaka,Japan.[1]As a child, her elementary school banned students from readingmangasuch asAstro Boybecause of its violent and unscientific content; her teachers even burned manga in front of her class. Satonaka—who admired the works ofOsamu Tezuka,Shotaro Ishinomori,Tetsuya Chiba,andHideko Mizuno—was filled with a desire to "protect manga" and to "contribute to raising its status" in society by becoming an artist herself.[2]

Career

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In 1964, during her second year of high school, Satonaka made her professional debut with theone-shotPia no Shōzō( "Portrait of Pia" ), published inKodansha'sShōjo Friendmagazine; for this, she received the inaugural Kodansha New Faces Award.[1]Theeditorialstaff ofShōjo Friendsubsequently advertised Satonaka as "a genius girl".[3]She dropped out of school against her parents' wishes and moved toTokyoto pursue her career.[4]

As of 2019, Satonaka has created nearly 500 manga for bothshōjo(young girls) andjosei(adult women) in a variety of genres, including romantic comedies, fantasy epics, and historical dramas.[5][6]Her longest-running manga,Tenjō no Niji( "Celestial Rainbow" ), depicts the life of the JapaneseEmpress Jitōand wasserializedfor more than 30 years.[7]Two of her works—ashort storycollection titledMachiko's One Thousand and One Nightsand an anthology ofBiblicaltales titledThe Old Testament—are available in English on thedigitalmanga website Manga Reborn.[8][9][10]Masami Toku, a scholar and professor of art education atCalifornia State University, Chico,described Satonaka as an artist who "consistently protested against a stereotypical male view of women, which often demanded that they remain young and immature, and instead wholeheartedly affirmed women's growth and maturity."[11]

In addition to creating manga, Satonaka serves as the head of theOsaka University of ArtsCharacter Creative Arts Department;[12]the director of the Japan Cartoonists Association;[13]the director of the Manga Japan foundation;[14]the chairperson of the Digital Manga Association;[15]a representative of theNPOAsia Manga Summit Administering Authority;[16]and a member of theCabinet Secretariat of JapanIntellectual Property Strategy Headquarters.[1]

Selected works

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  • Pia no Shōzō(ピアの tiêu tượng,"Portrait of Pia" ),1964[17]
  • Nana to Riri(ナナとリリ,"Nana and Lili" ),1967[18]
  • Watashi no Jonī(わたしのジョニー,"My Johnny" ),1968[19]
  • RaRa Hāto(ララ・ハート,"LaLa Heart" ),1968–1969[20][21]
  • Redī An(レディー・アン,"Lady Ann" ),1969–1970[22][23]
  • Ashita Kagayaku(あした huy く,"Tomorrow Will Shine" ),1972–1973[24]
  • Hime ga Iku!(Cơ が hành く!,"There Goes the Princess!" ),1973–1974[25]
  • Ariesu no Otometachi(アリエスの ất nữ たち,"Ladies of Aries" ),1973–1975[26]
  • Cleopatra(クレオパトラ), 1975, serialized inShōjo Friend[27]
  • Asunaro Zaka(あすなろ bản,"Cypress Hill" ),1977–1980, serialized inMimi[28]
  • Umi no Ōrora(Hải のオーロラ,lit. "Aurora of the Ocean" ),1978–1980[29]
  • Karyūdo no Seiza(Thú nhân の tinh tọa,"Constellation of the Hunter" ),1979–1981[30]
  • Tenjō no Niji(Thiên thượng の hồng,"Celestial Rainbow" ),1983–2015, serialized inMimi DXandMimi Excellent(until 1993)[7]
  • Tsurukame Warutsu(Hạc quy ワルツ,"Crane Turtle Waltz" ),1996–1997[31]
  • Raphael - Sono Ai(ラファエロ―その ái ), 1996[32]

Translated into English

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  • Machiko's One Thousand and One Nights(まちこの thiên dạ nhất dạ,Machiko no Senya Ichiya),published byShoeishain 1995;[33]translated for thedigitalmanga website Manga Reborn in 2013[34]
  • The Old Testament(マンガ cựu ước thánh thư,Manga Kyūyaku Seisho),published byChuokoron-Shinshain 2011;[35]translated for the digital manga website Manga Reborn in 2014[36]

Awards

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References

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  18. ^くだん thư phòng: Mục lục: マンガ: Tạp chí: Giảng đàm xã: Chu khan thiếu nữ フレンド1967 niên.Kudan Shobō(in Japanese).Retrieved30 December2019.Nana to Riripremiered inWeekly Shōjo Friend's 2 May 1967 (No. 18) issue and concluded in its 21 November 1967 (No. 47) issue, per the magazine's table-of-contents recorded by the vintageshōjomanga bookstore Kudan Shobō.
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  21. ^くだん thư phòng: Mục lục: マンガ: Tạp chí: Giảng đàm xã: Chu khan thiếu nữ フレンド1969 niên.Kudan Shobō(in Japanese).Retrieved30 December2019.Text:“『 chu khan thiếu nữ フレンド』1969 niên 5 nguyệt 27 nhật hào ( 22 ) – lí trung mãn trí tử 『LaLa・ハート』 ( tối chung hồi )”Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend,27 May 1969 (22) – Machiko Satonaka'sLaLa Heart(Final Chapter) "
  22. ^くだん thư phòng: Mục lục: マンガ: Tạp chí: Giảng đàm xã: Chu khan thiếu nữ フレンド1969 niên.Kudan Shobō(in Japanese).Retrieved30 December2019.Text:“『 chu khan thiếu nữ フレンド』1969 niên 12 nguyệt 16 nhật hào ( 51 ) – lí trung mãn trí tử 『レディー・アン』 ( tân liên tái )”Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend,16 December 1969 Issue (51) – Machiko Satonaka'sLady Ann(New Series) "
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  28. ^あすなろ bản.Kotobank(in Japanese).The Asahi Shimbun Company.Retrieved30 December2019.
  29. ^Hải のオーロラ.Kotobank(in Japanese).The Asahi Shimbun Company.Retrieved30 December2019.
  30. ^Thú nhân の tinh tọa.Kotobank(in Japanese).The Asahi Shimbun Company.Retrieved30 December2019.
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Works cited

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  • Toku, Masami, ed. (2015). "Profile and Interview with Machiko Satonaka".International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture.New York:Routledge.pp. 175–181.ISBN978-1-138-54903-6.
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