is a Japanese

picture book A picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. With the narrative told primarily through text, they are distinct from comics, which do so primarily through sequential images. The images ...

author and

etcher Etching is traditionally the process of using strong acid or mordant to cut into the unprotected parts of a metal surface to create a design in intaglio (incised) in the metal. In modern manufacturing, other chemicals may be used on other types ...

. She was born in

Kanagawa prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of Honshu. Kanagawa Prefecture is the second-most populous prefecture of Japan at 9,221,129 (1 April 2022) and third-densest at . Its geographic area of makes it fifth-smallest. Kana ...

in 1972. She was very fond of drawing from an early age. She studied oil painting and print making at

Tama Art University or is a private art university located in Tokyo, Japan. It is known as one of the top art schools in Japan. History The forerunner of Tamabi was Tama Imperial Art School (多摩帝国美術学校, Tama Teikoku Bijutsu Gakkō) founded in 1935 ...

Painting Department. In 1995, she won the UNICEF Award at the

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. Her first children's picture book ''Mizutama no Chiwawa'' (, text by Arano Inoue) was published in 1997. Since then she has worked mainly on children's picture books including ''Okiniiri'' (, 1997), ''Obakega kowai Kotoko-chan'' (, 2000), ''Tomato-san'' (, 2002), ''Nee dakko shite'' (, 2004) and '' The Little One'' (, 2018). She won the "Purple Island Award" at the Nami Island International Picture Book Illustration Concours in South Korea, the 25th Grand Prize in 2020 and the 68th for ''The Little One''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tanaka, Kiyo 1972 births Living people Japanese children's writers Japanese etchers