About Kubota yansui.
Kubota yansui is a famous Japanese children's writer. Representative works include Deer in One Ear, Lost Wild Dog, King of Wild Goose, The Story of Rat Island, etc. , designated by the Japanese Ministry of Education as the main extracurricular reading recommended to primary and secondary school students. Many of these works have been designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology as textbooks for primary and secondary school students, and have a large number of readers among children all over Japan.
Kubota yansui was born in Qiaomu Village at the foot of Guimian Mountain, the main peak of Chishi Mountain in Nagano Prefecture. Akashi Mountain (located at the junction of Nagano Prefecture, Yamanashi Prefecture and Shizuoka Prefecture) is known as the "southern alps of Europe" in Japan, with undulating mountains and rugged peaks.
When I was a child, Kubota yansui played with his father who ran a ranch all day and often went hunting in the mountains with his father. When I have time, I will pester my father and other good hunters to tell me their hunting stories and experiences in raising wild animals. Kubota yansui listened and recited, sorted it out by himself, and made up a well-known story to tell other children. He also often observed attentively, carefully trying to figure out the laws of action and living habits of wild animals and livestock, almost fascinated. Kubota yansui grew up at the foot of Chishi Mountain and was familiar with nature and animal kingdom. Therefore, his Kubota yansui Zoo is vivid. The emotional world of deer, bear, domestic dog, wild dog, monkey, cat, crow, wild goose, wild boar, fox, otter, earth dragon, mouse, Kelly bird, Huang Feng and savage is vividly portrayed by Kubota yansui's personification technique, which is pleasant to read, credible to listen to, memorable and unforgettable.
Kubota yansui's works have a wide range of materials, unique and ingenious ideas, smooth and popular lines, concise and vivid language, clear and easy-to-understand themes, but no preaching, and successfully created a series of touching, lively and lovely animal images. Reading Kubota yansui's works, we can not only gain a lot of knowledge about animals, but also be inspired and educated by good moral behavior. Moreover, from his description of the relationship between man and animals, we can know the writer and understand his works from a wider angle and in a deeper sense. In this sense, Kubota yansui is not only an outstanding writer of children's literature and animal literature.
Kubota yansui's book Deer in One Ear won the Cultural Medal awarded by the Japanese Minister of Culture. Deer Alone, King of Wild Goose and Lost Wild Dog have also won cultural medals such as South Japan Culture Award, West Japan Culture Award, Unknown Literature Award, Hong Niao Literature Award and Yamagata Children's Publishing Culture Award. Kubota yansui's Zoo has made outstanding contributions to Japanese and even world animal literature and children's literature, and it can be regarded as one of the treasures of Universal Library.
Deer in One Ear, King of Wild Goose and Lost Wild Dog are three wonderful collections of short stories. * * * There are 23 stories with ups and downs, which are soul-stirring, unique and well-known, reflecting Kubota yansui's creative style, especially for children and animal readers in China.