and Naoko Awa (1943–1993). Tachihara’s main theme is love, and Aman’s is kind-
heartedness, and they both express strong anti-war feelings. Awa’s most celebrated
books for young people, Shiroi Ômu no Mori [The Forest of White Parrots] (1973) and Gin
no Kujaka [Silver Peacock] (1975) demonstrate her penetration into human nature and
are reminiscent of the work of E.T.A. Hoffmann.
Further ReadingKami, S. (ed.) (1992) Fukusei Edo-ki Dowa Kenkyu Sosho [Studies of Children’s Literature in the
Edo Period, 1603–1868], 4 vols in 6, Tokyo: Kyuansha.
Knuth, R. (1993) ‘Japan and Malaysia: how two countries promote the reading habit’,
International Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship 8, 3:108–180.
Reynolds, K.A. (1992) ‘Children’s books and motherhood in Japan’, Literature and Hawaii’s
Children, Canham, S. (ed.) Honolulu: University of Hawaii.
Richard, O. and MacCann, D. (1990) ‘The Japanese sensibility in picture books for children’,
Wilson Library Bulletin 65, 2:23–27.
Shimi, T. (1987) Japanese Children’s Books at the Library of Congress: a Bibliography of Books
from the Postwar Years, 1946–1985, Washington: Library of Congress.
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