Murasaki Yamada

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Murasaki Yamada was a Japanese feminist essayist, mangaka and poet. She debuted as a mangaka with her work "Hidari-te no…" which was published in the May issue of COM in 1969, and had formal art training prior to being a manga artist. After the discontinuation of COM in 1973, she started working for Garo. Her work "Aa Seken-sama" was published in the February 1971 issue of Garo, for which she won "Big Comic Award" in 1972.

Frederik L. Schodt regarded her work as particularly important because of the feminist message in her works. Yamada also influenced Hinako Sugiura and Youko Kondou, her former assistants. Her works are described as being pictorial novels. She taught at Kyoto Seika University's Faculty of Manga. She once ran for a seat in Japan's House of Councillors as part of the Chikyuu Club political organization in 1989.