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| Jiro Taniguchi | |
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| Taniguchi at Lucca Comics and Games in 2011 | |
| Occupation | Manga artist |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Notable award(s) | Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (1998) |
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Jiro Taniguchi (谷口 ジロー Taniguchi Jirō?, 14 August 1947 – 11 February 2017)[1] was a Japanese manga writer/artist. His works belong to the gekiga, or "dramatic pictures", genre of manga.[2] In France he was knighted a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2011.[3]
Career[]
Jiro Taniguchi at Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2015.
Extract from The Walking Man
Taniguchi began his career as an assistant of manga artist Kyūta Ishikawa. He made his manga debut in 1970 with Kareta Heya, published in the magazine Young Comic.
From 1978 to 1986, he created several hard-boiled comics with the scenarist Natsuo Sekigawa, such as City Without Defense, The Wind of the West Is White, and Lindo 3. From 1987 to 1996, Taniguchi and Natsuo Sekigawa produced the 5-volume series The Times of Botchan. In the 1990s, he came up with several albums, among which were Aruku Hito (歩くひと?), A Journal of My Father (父の暦 Chichi no Koyomi?), and Hitobito Shirīzu: Keyaki no Ki (人びとシリーズ「けやきのき」?).
From 1980 to 1983, he collaborated with Garon Tsuchiya for the manga Blue Fighter (青の戦士 Ao no Senshi?), Knuckle Wars (ナックル・ウォーズ Nakkuru Wōzu?), and Live! Odyssey (LIVE! オデッセイ?).
He illustrated Baku Yumemakura's works, Garōden from 1989 to 1990 and The Summit of the Gods from 2000 to 2003. He later received awards at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2002 and 2005. For The Summit of the Gods, he hiked to Kathmandu, Nepal, for research.[2]
In 1997, he created the Icaro series with texts by Moebius.[2]
Jiro Taniguchi gained several prizes for his work. Among others, the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize (1998) for the series The Times of Botchan, the Shogakukan Manga Award with Inu o Kau, and in 2003, the Alph'Art of the best scenario at the Angoulême International Comics Festival for A Distant Neighborhood. His work has been translated in many languages. The majority of his English translated books have been published by Fanfare/Ponent Mon. Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro praised his work, stating that "Taniguchi was a manga poet, the Kieslowski of the page and a serene, profound observer of the world".[4]
A Distant Neighborhood was adapted into a live-action Belgian film in 2010.[5]
In 2014, Taniguchi visited the Louis Vuitton writing cabinet, 6 place St Germain des Prés, Paris to in celebration of his Venice contribution to the Louis Vuitton Travel Book series that launched in 2013.[6] While there, he was interviewed by local Parisian blogger, whose nom de plume is Tokyobanhbao.[7]
In 2016, an excerpt of The Walking Man was featured at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg as part of the "Hokusai X Manga: Japanese Pop Culture since 1680" exhibit.[8] An accompanying catalog book was published that same year.
Taniguchi has cited Hiroshi Hirata, Takao Saito, Moribi Murano, and Kyūta Ishikawa as major influences.[2]
Taniguchi died on 11 February 2017 in Tokyo, at the age of 69.[5]
Bibliography[]
1980s and earlier[]
- 1979 – Lindo 3
- 1980 – Muboubi Toshi
- 1980 – Ooinaru Yasei
- 1981/03 – Jiken Ya Kagyou – Trouble is my Business
- 1982/03 – Blue Fighter (Ao no Senshi)
- 1982/03 – Hunting Dog
- 1983/08 – Knuckle Wars – The Fist of Rebellion (Nakkuru Wōzu – Ken no Ran)
- 1983/03 – Shin Jiken Ya Kagyou – New Trouble is my Business
- 1983/09 – Live! Odyssey
- 1984/02 – Seifuu Ha Shiroi
- 1984/12 – Rude Boy
- 1985/10 – Enemigo
- 1986/01 – Hotel Harbour View
- 1986/10 – Blanca
- 1987/06 – Botchan no Jidai (坊っちゃんの時代?), based on Botchan, a 1906 novel by Natsume Sōseki
- 1988/05 – K
- 1988/06 – Ice Age Chronicle of the Earth
1990s[]
- 1990/01 – Genju Jiten
- 1990/09 – Garouden (Hungry Wolves Legend)
- 1991/06 – Samurai Non Grata
- 1992/04 – Aruku Hito –(歩くひと, translated in French as L'Homme qui Marche and English as The Walking Man)
- 1992/09 – Kaze No Sho (translated in English as Samurai Legend)
- 1992/10 – Inu wo Kau
- 1993/09 – Keyaki no Ki (translated in French as L'orme du Caucase)
- 1994/09 – Mori He – Into the Forest
- 1994/11 – A Journal of My Father
- 1996/04 – Benkei in New York (N.Y.の弁慶?)
- 1996/07 – Blanca II (Dog of God)
- 1997/10 – Kodoku no Gourmet
- 1998/09 – Haruka na Machi e (translated in English as A Distant Neighborhood – translated in French as Quartier Lointain)
- 1999/01 – Tokyo Genshi Gyou
- 1999/12 – The Quest for the Missing Girl
2000s[]
- 2000/11/30 – Ikaru
- 2000/12 – Kamigami no Itadaki (The Summit of the Gods)
- 2002/09 – Ten no Taka – Sky Hawk
- 2004/11 – Toudo no Tabibito – The Ice Wanderer
- 2005/03 – Seton
- 2005/12 – Hare Yuku Sora (晴れゆく空?) – A Bright Blue Sky (translated in French as Un ciel radieux)
- 2006/03 – Sampo Mono
- 2007/09 – Mahou no Yama (The Magic Mountain)
- 2008/03 – Fuyu no Doubutsuen (A Zoo in Winter)
2010s[]
- 2012 – Furari (ふらり)
- 2013 – Tomoji (とも路)
- 2013 – My Year
- 2014 – Guardians of the Louvre
- 2014 – Venice (Louis Vuitton Malletier)
Legacy[]
Jiro Taniguchi's death was announced by his publisher, Casterman, and which described the artist as "deeply kind and gentle".[9] Taniguchi's art inspired scholarship in a variety of ways, including academic presentations,[10] museum exhibits, articles, and academic book entries.
In 2020, Taniguchi was highlighted in chapter 10 of a compiled book Comics Studies here and now titled, "Jirō Taniguchi: France's Mangaka".[11] 2021 was an impactful year for those inspired by Taniguchi. At the Cannes Film Festival, an anime film adaptation of Taniguchi's art from The Summit of the Gods was featured.[12] Shortly after, Fusanosuke Natsume, along with two other scholars from Portland State University wrote an article titled, "Time to Re-Evaluate Taniguchi Jiro's Pace in Manga", reviewing Taniguchi's work alongside contemporary manga.[13] Later that same year, the "Jiro Taniguchi Exhibition" was launched at the Setagaya Literary Museum, showing from October 2021 - February 2022.[14] In March of 2022, due to the opening of a new bandes dessinées bookstore in Tokyo's Kita Ward, The Japan News mentioned Taniguchi and his most popular manga. Then, in June of 2022, the Kyoto International Manga Museum held an exhibition titled, "The Man Who Draws: Jiro Taniguchi".[15] Four days after his death, a writer for The Comics Journal wrote a brief obituary for Taniguchi.[16] In January of 2023, the same journal translated an essay titled, "Taniguchi Jirō and His Gekiga Years", by Fusanosuke Natsume.[17] 2024 saw the release of a Japanese live-action film adaptation of The Solitary Gourmet (Kodoku no Gourmet).[18]
Since 2021, Japan has been reprinting new editions of "The Jiro Taniguchi Collection" into English translations as "an investment in ensuring the continuance of Taniguchi’s legacy."[17]
References[]
- ↑ "Award-Winning Manga Creator Jiro Taniguchi Passes Away at 69". Anime News Network. 11 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lehmann, Timothy (2005-11-01). Manga: Masters of the Art. Harper Collins. ISBN 978-0-06-083331-2.
- ↑ "L'auteur japonais de bande dessinée Jiro Taniguchi est mort". Huffington Post France (in French). Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kelly, Seth (11 February 2017). "Japanese Manga Legend Jiro Taniguchi Dies at 69". Variety. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ↑ AFPRelaxnews (2013-04-15). "Louis Vuitton launches new arty travel book series". LUXUO. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ "Meeting Jirō Taniguchi (ENGLISH Version) | Le monde de Tokyobanhbao: Blog Mode gourmand". www.tokyobanhbao.com. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ "HOKUSAI X MANGA". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ "Casterman - Jirô Taniguchi, 1947-2017". Casterman (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ Clark, Daniel (2012-02-09). "Jiro Taniguchi and Traditional Japanese Aesthetics". Southwest Texas Popular Culture/American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference.
- ↑ "Comics studies here and now | WorldCat.org". search.worldcat.org. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ "LE SOMMET DES DIEUX (THE SUMMIT OF THE GODS)". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ Fusanosuke, Natsume; Holt, Jon; Fukuda, Teppei (2021-08-12). "Time to Re-Evaluate Taniguchi Jiro's Pace in Manga". The Comics Journal.
- ↑ "描くひと 谷口ジロー展". 世田谷文学館 - 文学を体験する空間 (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ "The Man Who Draws: Jiro Taniguchic". 京都国際マンガミュージアム. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ Davisson, Zack (2017-02-15). "Jiro Taniguchi 1947 – 2017". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Fusanosuke, Natsume (2023-01-19). "Taniguchi Jirō and His Gekiga Years". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
- ↑ Hadfield, James (2025-01-09). "‘The Solitary Gourmet’: Palatable movie adaptation may leave you wanting more". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2025-04-24.
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