Murasaki Yamada

Murasaki Yamada (やまだ 紫), born as Mitsuko Shiratori, was a Japanese feminist essayist, mangaka, and poet. She was associated with Garo. Frederik L. Schodt regarded her work as particularly important because, although there is a culture of girl's manga, Yamada's work has a feminist message, which is rare in girls' manga. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura and Yōko Kondō, her former assistants.

She debuted in COM in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a mangaka. 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 Chikyū Club political organization in 1989.

She died at Kyoto Hospital on May 5, 2009, aged 60, from undisclosed causes.

Works

 * Ai no Katachi (愛のかたち)
 * Blue Sky – follows a woman's life and struggles after she divorces.
 * A manga adaptation of Otogizōshi, a traditional tale.
 * Shōwaru-Neko
 * Shin Kilali – a slice-of-life story about a Japanese mother and wife who realises her marriage is failing.
 * Yume no Maigo-tachi Les Enfants Reveurs (with Yōko Isaka)

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