Machiko Satonaka
{{short description|Japanese manga artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| name_nonEN = 里中 満智子
| nonUS = ja
| image = Machiko Satonaka 20231101.jpg
| imagesize = 250
| caption = Satonaka in 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|1|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Osaka, Japan
| death_date =
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| nationality = Japanese
| area = Manga artist
| notable works = {{unbulleted list|Ashita Kagayaku|Ariesu no Otometachi|Karyūdo no Seiza|Tenjō no Niji}}
| awards = See below
| manga = Yes
| website =
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{{Nihongo|Machiko Satonaka|里中 満智子|Satonaka Machiko|born 24 January 1948}} is a Japanese manga artist. She made her professional debut in 1964 during her second year of high school with the one-shot Pia no Shōzō ("Portrait of Pia"). She has since created nearly 500 manga in a variety of genres. Two of her most notable works are Ashita Kagayaku ("Tomorrow Will Shine"), which won the 1974 Kodansha Publishing Culture Award, and Karyūdo no Seiza ("Constellation of the Hunter"), which won the 1982 Kodansha Manga Award. In addition to creating manga, Satonaka teaches at the Osaka University of Arts as the head of the Character Creative Arts Department and serves on the board of various manga-related organizations in Japan.
Early life
Machiko Satonaka was born on 24 January 1948 in Osaka, Japan.{{cite web |last=Yamamoto |first=Kenshō |translator1=Judy Evans |title=Manga artist, Machiko Satonaka, speaks of the things she cherishes about Japan |url=https://manabi-japan.jp/en/special-interview/20190423_11234/ |website=Manabi Japan |access-date=30 December 2019 |date=23 April 2019}} As a child, her elementary school banned students from reading manga such as Astro Boy because of its violent and unscientific content; her teachers even burned manga in front of her class. Satonaka—who admired the works of Osamu Tezuka, Shotaro Ishinomori, Tetsuya Chiba, and Hideko Mizuno—was filled with a desire to "protect manga" and to "contribute to raising its status" in society by becoming an artist herself.{{sfnp|Toku|2015|pp=176–178}}
Career
In 1964, during her second year of high school, Satonaka made her professional debut with the one-shot Pia no Shōzō ("Portrait of Pia"), published in Kodansha's Shōjo Friend magazine; for this, she received the inaugural Kodansha New Faces Award. The editorial staff of Shōjo Friend subsequently advertised Satonaka as "a genius girl".{{sfnp|Toku|2015|p=177}} She dropped out of school against her parents' wishes and moved to Tokyo to pursue her career.{{cite web |title=Special HERO: The Interview – Ms. Satonaka Machiko (Second Part) |url=https://www.entertainment-future-lab.net/en/2016/10/27/2429/ |website=Entertainment Future Lab |access-date=30 December 2019}}
As of 2019, Satonaka has created nearly 500 manga for both shōjo (young girls) and josei (adult women) in a variety of genres, including romantic comedies, fantasy epics, and historical dramas.{{cite web |title=Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa (2019–2020): The 14th Jury: Member of the Committee: Machiko Satonaka (Manga Artist) |url=http://enikki.mitsubishi.or.jp/e/event/judge_06.html |website=Mitsubishi Asian Children's Enikki Festa Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019}}{{cite web |script-title=ja:里中満智子 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%87%8C%E4%B8%AD%E6%BA%80%E6%99%BA%E5%AD%90-837934 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} Her longest-running manga, Tenjō no Niji ("Celestial Rainbow"), depicts the life of the Japanese Empress Jitō and was serialized for more than 30 years. Two of her works—a short story collection titled Machiko's One Thousand and One Nights and an anthology of Biblical tales titled The Old Testament—are available in English on the digital manga website Manga Reborn.{{cite web |last1=Crystalyn |first1=Hodgkins |title=New Manga Reborn Website Launches to Offer Digital Manga in English |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-12/new-manga-reborn-website-launches-to-offer-digital-manga-in-english |website=Anime News Network |access-date=30 December 2019 |date=13 June 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Bolanos |first1=Reina |title=Manga Reborn's Kickstarter Adds Machiko Satonaka's The Old Testament Manga |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-10-26/manga-reborn-kickstarter-adds-machiko-satonaka-the-old-testament-manga |website=Anime News Network |access-date=30 December 2019 |date=26 October 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Hodgkins |first1=Crystalyn |title=Manga Reborn Kickstarter Makes Funding Goal |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-11-12/manga-reborn-kickstarter-makes-funding-goal |website=Anime News Network |access-date=30 December 2019 |date=12 November 2013}} Masami Toku, a scholar and professor of art education at California 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."{{sfnp|Toku|2015|p=176}}
In addition to creating manga, Satonaka serves as the head of the Osaka University of Arts Character Creative Arts Department;{{cite web |script-title=ja:教員紹介：キャラクター造形学科：学科案内：大阪芸術大学 |url=https://www.osaka-geidai.ac.jp/geidai/departments/charactercreative/teacher.html |website=Osaka University of Arts Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} the director of the Japan Cartoonists Association;{{cite web |script-title=ja:里中満智子 |url=http://www.nihonmangakakyokai.or.jp/?tbl=member&idx=SA&id=3966 |website=Japan Cartoonists Association Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} the director of the Manga Japan foundation;{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.manga-japan.net/about |website=Manga Japan Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} the chairperson of the Digital Manga Association;{{cite web |title=About |url=http://www.dg-manga.com/p/about.html |website=Digital Manga Association Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} a representative of the NPO Asia Manga Summit Administering Authority;{{cite web |last1=Iishi |first1=Eiji |script-title=ja:福岡）来年、北九州市でアジア漫画サミット開催へ |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASL224270L22TIPE00N.html |website=Asahi Shimbun Digital |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese |date=6 February 2018}} and a member of the Cabinet Secretariat of Japan Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters.
Selected works
- {{Nihongo||ピアの肖像|Pia no Shōzō|"Portrait of Pia"}}, 1964{{cite web |script-title=ja:くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：講談社：週刊少女フレンド1964年 |url=http://www.kudan.jp/EC/fr1964.html |website=Kudan Shobō |access-date=7 January 2020 |language=Japanese}} Text: {{lang|ja|「『週刊少女フレンド 』1964年8月30日（36）– 里中満智子『ピアの肖像』（デビュー作）」}} Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend, 30 August 1964 (36) – Machiko Satonaka's Pia no Shōzō (Debut Work)"
- {{Nihongo||ナナとリリ|Nana to Riri|"Nana and Lili"}}, 1967{{cite web |script-title=ja:くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：講談社：週刊少女フレンド1967年 |url=http://www.kudan.jp/EC/fr1967.html |website=Kudan Shobō |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} Nana to Riri premiered in Weekly 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 vintage shōjo manga bookstore Kudan Shobō.
- {{Nihongo||わたしのジョニー|Watashi no Jonī|"My Johnny"}}, 1968{{cite book |last1=Schodt |first1=Frederik L. |authorlink1=Frederik L. Schodt |title=Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics |title-link=Manga! Manga! The World of Japanese Comics |date=25 January 2013 |orig-year=First published in 1983 |publisher=Kodansha USA |location=New York |isbn=978-1-56836-476-6 |page=98}}
- {{Nihongo||ララ・ハート|RaRa Hāto|"LaLa Heart"}}, 1968–1969{{cite web |script-title=ja:くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：講談社：週刊少女フレンド1968年 |url=http://www.kudan.jp/EC/fr1968.html |website=Kudan Shobō |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} Text: {{lang|ja|「『週刊少女フレンド 』1968年8月13日（33）– 里中満智子『ララ・ハート』（新連載）」}} Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend, 13 August 1968 (33) – Machiko Satonaka's LaLa Heart (New Series)"{{cite web |script-title=ja:くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：講談社：週刊少女フレンド1969年 |url=http://www.kudan.jp/EC/fr1969.html |website=Kudan Shobō |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} Text: {{lang|ja|「『週刊少女フレンド』1969年5月27日号（22）– 里中満智子『LaLa・ハート』（最終回）」}} Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend, 27 May 1969 (22) – Machiko Satonaka's LaLa Heart (Final Chapter)"
- {{Nihongo||レディー・アン|Redī An|"Lady Ann"}}, 1969–1970{{cite web |script-title=ja:くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：講談社：週刊少女フレンド1969年 |url=http://www.kudan.jp/EC/fr1969.html |website=Kudan Shobō |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} Text: {{lang|ja|「『週刊少女フレンド』1969年12月16日号（51）– 里中満智子『レディー・アン』（新連載）」}} Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend, 16 December 1969 Issue (51) – Machiko Satonaka's Lady Ann (New Series)"{{cite web |script-title=ja:くだん書房：目録：マンガ：雑誌：講談社：週刊少女フレンド1970年 |url=http://www.kudan.jp/EC/fr1970.html |website=Kudan Shobō |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}} Text: {{lang|ja|「『週刊少女フレンド』1970年12月8日号（50）– 里中満智子『レディー・アン』（最終回）」}} Translation: "Weekly Shōjo Friend, 8 December 1970 Issue (50) – Machiko Satonaka's Lady Ann (Final Chapter)"
- {{Nihongo||あした輝く|Ashita Kagayaku|"Tomorrow Will Shine"}}, 1972–1973{{cite web |script-title=ja:あした輝く |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%82%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E8%BC%9D%E3%81%8F-692190 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- {{Nihongo||姫が行く！|Hime ga Iku!|"There Goes the Princess!"}}, 1973–1974{{cite web |script-title=ja:姫が行く！ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%A7%AB%E3%81%8C%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8F%21-732719 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- {{Nihongo||アリエスの乙女たち|Ariesu no Otometachi|"Ladies of Aries"}}, 1973–1975{{cite web |script-title=ja:アリエスの乙女たち |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A8%E3%82%B9%E3%81%AE%E4%B9%99%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A1-693227 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- Cleopatra (クレオパトラ), 1975, serialized in Shōjo Friend{{Cite web |title=Cleopatra |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M270168 |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=Media Arts Database}}
- {{Nihongo||あすなろ坂|Asunaro Zaka|"Cypress Hill"}}, 1977–1980, serialized in Mimi{{cite web |script-title=ja:あすなろ坂 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E3%81%82%E3%81%99%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8D%E5%9D%82-692324 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- {{Nihongo||海のオーロラ|Umi no Ōrora|lit. "Aurora of the Ocean"}}, 1978–1980{{cite web |script-title=ja:海のオーロラ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%B5%B7%E3%81%AE%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9-696438 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- {{Nihongo||狩人の星座|Karyūdo no Seiza|"Constellation of the Hunter"}}, 1979–1981{{cite web |script-title=ja:狩人の星座 |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E7%8B%A9%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%AE%E6%98%9F%E5%BA%A7-702618 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- {{Nihongo||天上の虹|Tenjō no Niji|"Celestial Rainbow"}}, 1983–2015, serialized in Mimi DX and Mimi Excellent (until 1993){{cite web |script-title=ja:里中満智子のライフワーク「天上の虹」が30年越しで完結、本日最終23巻発売 |url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/140828 |website=Comic Natalie |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese |date=13 March 2015}}
- {{Nihongo||鶴亀ワルツ|Tsurukame Warutsu|"Crane Turtle Waltz"}}, 1996–1997{{cite web |script-title=ja:鶴亀ワルツ |url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%B6%B4%E4%BA%80%E3%83%AF%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84-722893 |website=Kotobank |publisher=The Asahi Shimbun Company |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese}}
- Raphael - Sono Ai (ラファエロ―その愛), 1996{{Cite web |title=メディア芸術データベース |url=https://mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp/id/M266064 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=mediaarts-db.artmuseums.go.jp}}
= Translated into English =
- {{Nihongo|Machiko's One Thousand and One Nights|まちこの千夜一夜|Machiko no Senya Ichiya}}, published by Shoeisha in 1995;{{cite web |script-title=ja:まちこの千夜一夜 |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C287958 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |language=Japanese |access-date=30 December 2019}} translated for the digital manga website Manga Reborn in 2013{{cite web |title=Machiko's One Thousand and One Nights |url=http://en.m.mangareborn.jp/creation_series/1055 |website=Manga Reborn |access-date=30 December 2019}}
- {{Nihongo|The Old Testament|マンガ旧約聖書|Manga Kyūyaku Seisho}}, published by Chuokoron-Shinsha in 2011;{{cite web |script-title=ja:マンガ旧約聖書 |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/C350743 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |language=Japanese |access-date=30 December 2019}} translated for the digital manga website Manga Reborn in 2014{{cite web |title=The Old Testament |url=http://en.m.mangareborn.jp/creation_series/2576 |website=Manga Reborn |access-date=30 December 2019}}
Awards
- 1964: Kodansha New Faces Award for Pia no Shōzō
- 1974: Kodansha Publishing Culture Award in the children's manga category for Ashita Kagayaku and Hime ga Iku!
- 1982: Kodansha Manga Award in the general manga category for Karyūdo no Seiza{{cite web |url=http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |last=Hahn |first=Joel |title=Kodansha Manga Awards |work=Comic Book Awards Almanac |access-date=21 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816031310/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/kodansha.shtml |archive-date=16 August 2007 |url-status=dead}}
- 2006: Japanese Ministry of Culture and Science's Achievement Certificate for Lifetime Works and Cultural Activities{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-05-12/more-manga-awards |last=Mays |first=Jonathan |title=More Manga Awards |website=Anime News Network |date=12 May 2006 |access-date=16 December 2007}}
- 2010: Commendation of the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
- 2013: Kojiki Publishing Grand Prize's Ō no Yasumaro Award for Kojiki: Manga Koten Bungaku{{cite web |script-title=ja:平成25年度「古事記出版大賞」受賞作品について 別紙 |url=http://www3.pref.nara.jp/miryoku/narakikimanyo/images/prize/25_award.pdf |website=Nara Kiki Manyo Project Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019 |language=Japanese }}
- 2014: Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation for "the promotion of cultural exchange through manga between Japan and foreign countries"{{cite web |title=Foreign Minister's Commendations FY2014 (Individuals) |url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/000047190.pdf |website=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan Official Website |access-date=30 December 2019 }}
- 2023: Person of Cultural Merit{{cite web |url= https://www.jiji.com/jc/article?k=2023102100173&g=soc|title= 塩野七生さんら7人文化勲章 功労者に北大路欣也さんら|access-date= October 21, 2023|work= Jiji Press}}
References
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= Works cited =
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Toku |editor1-first=Masami |title=International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo Manga: The Influence of Girl Culture |date=2015 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-1-138-54903-6 |pages=175–181 |chapter=Profile and Interview with Machiko Satonaka }}
External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109221704/http://www.satonaka-machiko.com/ |date=9 January 2016 |title=Official website}} {{in lang|ja}}
- {{anime News Network|people|89255|Machiko Satonaka}}
- [http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1660.html Profile at The Ultimate Manga Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090706194743/http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1660.html |date=6 July 2009 }}
- [https://manabi-japan.jp/en/special-interview/20190423_11234/ Interview with Manabi Japan]
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