Mitsu Yashima

Mitsu Yashima
Mitsu Yashima in 1975
Native name 八島 光
Born Tomoe Sasako
Died December 7, 1988
Occupation Children's book author, artist
Spouse(s) Taro Yashima
Children Makoto Iwamatsu, Momo Yashima

Mitsu Yashima (八島 光, Yashima Mitsu, born Tomoe Sasako (笹子 智江, Sasako Tomoe)) was a Japanese children's book author.

World War II and later years

Mitsu was the daughter of a shipbuilding company executive. She attended college in Japan. In the '30s, she joined a Marxist study group, where she met her future husband, artist Taro Yashima. On December 10th, 1933, Mitsu and Taro had their first child, Makoto Iwamatsu, who would become a renowned actor and voice actor. In 1939 she and Taro went to America to study art. When World War II broke out, Mitsu joined the U.S. war effort, working for the OSS by sending American propaganda to the Japanese. She adopted the pseudonym Mitsu Yashima during the war. Following the war, Mitsu and Taro had their second child Momo, whom also appeared in many of their children's books. Mitsu died at the age of 80 on December 7, 1988.[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Judy Stone (2007-03-18). "An unlikely heroine of World War II". SFGate. Retrieved 2014-02-04.

Further reading

  • Mitsu Yashima, Tarō Yashima (Sep 5, 1961). Momo's Kitten. Viking.
  • "Taro Yashima: Artist for Peace | History". History.librarypoint.org. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
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