{"id":70,"date":"2017-06-19T12:23:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T03:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2022-04-25T13:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T04:47:42","slug":"chronology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/profile\/#chronology","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Chronology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Chihiro, 57 days after her birth, 1919<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

Commemorative family photo on the occasion of Chihiro\u2019s parents being invited to Emperor Showa\u2019s enthronement ceremony (Chihiro at far left), 1928<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

1918<\/strong><\/td>\nOn December 15, Chihiro Iwasaki was born in Takefu, Fukui Prefecture. Moved to Tokyo the next year.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1933<\/strong><\/td>\nBegan to study sketching and oil painting under Saburosuke Okada.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/strong><\/td>\nGraduated from high school. Had a painting accepted for the Shuyo Exhibition of Western-style Painting by Women Artists.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1937<\/strong><\/td>\nBegan to study calligraphy at the Fujiwara Kozei School.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chihiro in her wedding kimono, 1939<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

In front of Unit Commander Morioka’s quarters in Boli, China (Chihiro in center of back row), 1944<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

1939<\/strong><\/td>\nFirst marriage in spring. The couple went to Dailan, Manchuria. In winter, she was widowed and came back to Japan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1942<\/strong><\/td>\nBegan to study oil painting again, this time under Tai Nakatani.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1944<\/strong><\/td>\nIn April, went to Manchuria with a women’s pioneer group. Returned to Japan in August as the war situation worsened.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n1945<\/strong><\/td>\nSuffered the destruction of her family home in one of the air raids that attacked Tokyo; took refuge at her grandmother’s home in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chihiro with her husband, Zenmei, 1950<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

At the site of their new Tokyo home in Shimo-shakujii, Nerima ward, November 1951<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

1946<\/strong><\/td>\nJoined the Japan Communist Party in Nagano Prefecture. In spring, returned to Tokyo and studied art under Toshiko Akamatsu. Became a writer-illustrator for the Jinmin Shinbun (People’s Paper).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1949<\/strong><\/td>\nCreated and published a set of illustrated “paper-theater” storytelling panels called Okasan no Hanashi (The Story of a Mother), which won the Prize for the Minister of Education, Science and Culture in 1950.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950<\/strong><\/td>\nMarried Zenmei Matsumoto.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1951<\/strong><\/td>\nBirth of her son, Takeshi.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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At home with her son, Takeshi, 1952<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

At the Shogakukan Publishing Juvenile Culture Award ceremony, 1956<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

1952<\/strong><\/td>\nBuilt a house in Nerima-ku, Tokyo (today the site of the Chihiro Art Museum Tokyo<\/a>).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1956<\/strong><\/td>\nReceived the Juvenile Culture Award of the Shogakukan Publishing Co. for her book and magazine illustrations for young children. Created her first picture book Hitori de Dekiru yo (I Can Do It All by Myself).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Sketching at home, 1960<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

On the roadside in Toledo, Spain, 1966<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

1960<\/strong><\/td>\nCreated AIUEO no Hon (The Alphabet Book: A-I-U-E-O), which won the Sankei Children’s Books Award.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1963<\/strong><\/td>\nBegan a major series of cover illustrations for the magazine Kodomo no Shiawase (Children’s Happiness). In June, attended the Women’s International Conference held in Moscow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1966<\/strong><\/td>\nTraveled to Europe. After the trip, illustrated H.C. Andersen’s E no Nai Ehon (What the Moon Saw)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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In the garden amid blooming marguerites, May 1968<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n

On the veranda of the newly expanded living room of her mother, Fumie, 1972<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n

1967<\/strong><\/td>\nIllustrated Watashi ga Chiisakatta Toki ni (When I Was a Child). Her husband became a member of the House of Representatives, the Japanese Diet.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/strong><\/td>\nCreated Ame no Hi no Orusuban (Staying Home Alone on a Rainy Day).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Celebrating the winning of the Graphic Prize Fiera di Bologna, 1973<\/p><\/div><\/td>\n

1973<\/strong><\/td>\nKotori no Kuru Hi (The Pretty Bird) won the Graphic Prize Fiera di Bologna. Published Senka no Naka no Kodomo-tachi (Children in the Flames of War), posthumously granted the bronze medal of the Leipzig International Book Fair in 1974. In autumn, diagnosed with liver cancer.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1974<\/strong><\/td>\nDied of cancer on August 8. The posthumous work Akai Rosoku to Ningyo (The Red Candles and the Mermaid) was published.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1918 On December 15, Chihiro Iwasaki was born in Takefu, Fukui Prefecture. Moved to Tokyo the next year. 1933 Began to study sketching and oil painting under Saburosuke Okada. 1936 Graduated from high school. Had a painting accepted for the Shuyo Exhibition of Western-style Painting by Women Artists. 1937 Began to study calligraphy at the Fujiwara Kozei School. 1939 First marriage in spring. The couple went to Dailan, Manchuria. In winter, she was widowed and came back to Japan. 1942 Began to study oil painting again, this time under Tai Nakatani. 1944 In April, went to Manchuria with a women’s pioneer group. Returned to Japan in August as the war […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":43,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1363,"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/1363"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chihiro.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}