Ryoko Yamagishi

Ryoko Yamagishi
山岸 凉子
Born (1947-09-24) September 24, 1947 (age 77)
Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Area(s)Manga artist
Notable works
Awards

Ryoko Yamagishi (山岸 凉子, Yamagishi Ryōko, born September 24, 1947, in Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido) is a Japanese manga artist. She is one of the Year 24 Group, a collection of female artists who innovated shōjo (girls') manga throughout the 1970s.[1][2] Her major works include Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi and Maihime Terpsichora.

Life and career

Ryoko Yamagishi was born on September 24, 1947, in Kamisunagawa, Hokkaido, Japan.[3][4] As a child, she studied ballet, which plays a part in many of her works. When she read the manga of Machiko Satonaka in 1964, she decided to pursue becoming a manga artist. Although her parents did not agree with this, in 1966 she entered a competition in Shōjo Friend and was a semi-finalist. She applied to Kodansha and sent some short stories to COM. In 1968, after completing her art studies in Hokkaido, she moved to Tokyo and applied for Shueisha. The next year, she made her professional debut with Left and Right, a short story published in Ribon Comic, a spin-off of Ribon.[3]

In 1971, she released the one-shot manga Shiroi Heya no Futari, which tells the story of a romance between two students at an all-girls boarding school in France. It was published by Shueisha in Ribon Comic and is regarded as the first yuri (female-female romance) manga.[5]

Style and themes

Her works normally have occult themes, although her most popular are Arabesque, about Russian ballet, and Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi.[6] According to Yoshihiro Yonezawa, Yamagishi's style is influenced by Art Nouveau.[7][full citation needed]

Reception

In 1983, she won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo manga category for Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi.[8]

She worked on Maihime Terpsichora, which was nominated for the 9th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2005[9] and won the 11th annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2007.[10] It was also among the jury-selected works of Japan Media Arts Festival 2002.[11]

Her work was exhibited at the Yayoi Museum [ja] in Tokyo from September to December 2016.[12]

Works

Serializations

List of serialized manga by Ryoko Yamagishi
Title Year(s) Notes Ref(s)
Arabesque [ja]: Part 1 (アラベスク（第1部）) 1971–1973 Serialized in Ribon
Published by Shueisha in 4 volumes 		[13]
Arabesque: Part 2 (アラベスク（第2部）) 1974–1975 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 4 volumes 		[13]
Metamorphosis Den [ja] (メタモルフォシス伝) 1976 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 2 volumes 		[14][15][16]
Yōsei-ō [ja] (妖精王) 1977–1978 Serialized in Hana to Yume
Published by Hakusensha in 5 volumes
Adapted into an OVA by Madhouse in 1988 		[17][18]
Hi Izuru Tokoro no Tenshi (日出処の天子) 1980–1984 Serialized in LaLa
Published by Hakusensha in 11 volumes
Based on the life of Prince Shōtoku 		[19]
Yamato Takeru (ヤマトタケル) 1986–1987 Serialized in Monthly Asuka
Published by Kadokawa Shoten in 1 volume
Based on the kabuki play by Takeshi Umehara 		[20][21]
Fūin (封印) 1994–1995 Serialized in LaLa
Published by Hakusensha in 2 volumes
Re-released as Tutankhamun volumes 1–2 		[22][23]
Tutankhamun (ツタンカーメン) 1996–1997 Serialized in Comic Tom [ja]
Published by Ushio Publishing [ja] in 2 volumes
Combined with Fūin for a total of 4 volumes 		[22][23]
Oni (鬼) 1995–1996 Serialized in Comic Tom
Published by Ushio Publishing in 1 volume 		[24][25]
Ao no Jidai [ja] (青青の時代) 1998–2000 Serialized in Comic Tom Plus
Published by Ushio Publishing in 4 volumes 		[26]
Hakuganshi (白眼子) 2000 Serialized in Comic Tom Plus
Published by Ushio Publishing in 1 volume 		[27][28]
Maihime Terpsichora (舞姫 テレプシコーラ) 2000–2006 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 10 volumes 		[29][30]
Maihime Terpsichora: Part 2 (舞姫 テレプシコーラ（第2部）) 2007–2010 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 5 volumes 		[29][30]
[[[Wilis (manga)|Wilis]] [ja]] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 98) (help) (ヴィリ) 2006–2007 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 1 volume 		[31][32]
Kesaran Pasaran (ケサラン・パサラン) 2011–2012 Serialized in Da Vinci
Published by Media Factory in 2 volumes 		[33][34]
Revelation: Keiji (レベレーション（啓示）) 2014–2020 Serialized in Morning
Published by Kodansha in 6 volumes
Based on the life of Joan of Arc 		[35][36]

Selected one-shots

List of selected one-shot manga by Ryoko Yamagishi
Title Year Notes Ref(s)
Left and Right (レフトアンドライト) 1969 Published in Ribon Comic
Debut work 		[3][37]
Shiroi Heya no Futari (白い部屋のふたり) 1971 Published in Ribon Comic
First manga to portray a lesbian relationship 		[5][38]
Ame to Cosmos (雨とコスモス) 1971 Published in Ribon [39]
Siren (セイレーン) 1977 Published in Hana to Yume [40]
Pupe Shimōnu (プぺ・シモーヌ) 1977 Published in Hana to Yume [40]
Kuro no Helen (黒のヘレネ―) 1979 Published in Hana to Yume
Based on the story of Helen of Troy 		[41]
Yasha Gozen (夜叉御前) 1982 Published in Petit Comic [42]

Art books

No. Title Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
List of art books by Ryoko Yamagishi
1Yamagishi Ryōko Gashū: Terasu (山岸凉子画集 光)September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)[43][44]978-4-309-27755-4
Released in conjunction with Yamagishi's first full-scale art exhibition at the Yayoi Museum [ja] in Tokyo.[45]
2Yamagishi Ryōko Genga-shū: Kanaderu (山岸凉子原画集 奏)March 2020 (2020-03)[46][47]—
Released in celebration of Yamagishi's 50th anniversary as a manga artist. Includes 20 art reproductions, printed from high quality, color corrected scans of the originals, stored in a cloth-lined box.[46]

References

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  19. ^ 日出処の天子. Kotobank (in Japanese). The Asahi Shimbun Company. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
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  46. ^ a b 山岸凉子の画業50周年を記念した画集、美しさを復元した原画をあえて製本せず収納. Comic Natalie (in Japanese). December 6, 2019. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
  47. ^ 画業50周年記念山岸凉子原画集 奏. Kodansha Online Store (in Japanese). Retrieved September 2, 2020. According to Kodansha's official website, the art book was originally scheduled to be released in mid-February 2020, but it was delayed to late March 2020 to accommodate the unexpected number of pre-order applications.

Further reading

  • Amano, Masanao (2004). Wiedemann, Julius (ed.). Manga Design. Taschen. pp. 534–537. ISBN 3-8228-2591-3.