This research paper is the study of Children’s Poetry in Japanese elementary school textbook after World War II. (1952-2014) It can be divided into 4 periods, which are 1952-1971, 1971-1984, 1984-2000 and 2000-2014. In ...

Ogawa Mimei (1882-1961) was an author of children's literature who created a lot of literary works. During a hard time of war, he lost 2 of his children when they were very little. He was driven to write the stories that ...

Children’s Poetry was widespread throughout Japan at the time of the modern education reform. Many authors of children’s poetry and songwriters are well known up until now. Their literary works are widely read and studied. ...

Mizuki Shigeru (1922-2015) was one of the great comic writers (manga artists) and was interested in history. His world-famous work is “Gegege no Kitarō”. In 2010, he wrote the comic book “Tales of Tōno, (Tōno Monogatari)” ...