Nationality Japanese Name Murasaki Yamada | Spouse(s) Chikao Shiratori Role Essayist | |
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Area(s) Manga artist, essayist, poet Died May 5, 2009, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan | ||
Murasaki Yamada (やまだ 紫, Yamada Murasaki), born as Mitsuko Shiratori, was a Japanese feminist essayist, manga artist, and poet. She was associated with Garo. Frederik L. Schodt regarded her work as particularly important because of the feminist message, rare in shojo manga. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura and Yoko Kondo, her former assistants.
She debuted in COM in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a manga artist. Her works are described as being pictorial I Novels. She taught at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga.
She once ran for a seat in Japan's House of Councillors as part of the Chikyu Club political organization in 1989.
She died at Kyoto Hospital on May 5, 2009, aged 60, from undisclosed causes.
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