山へ行く

by Moto Hagio, 萩尾望都

「そうだ、今日は山へ行こう」・・・ある日の朝、小説家の生方（うぶかた）は目覚めと共にそう思い立つ。一切の日常を後にして、取材でもなんでもなく、ただ山に行くため、彼は自転車で出発するが・・・！？　表題作ほか、母と子を描く「春の小川」、実験的な野心作「柳の木」など、日常と非日常が混じり合う瞬間を切り取った、シリーズ“ここではないどこか”連作集・第一弾。※このコンテンツは「山へ行く」文庫版をデジタル化したものです。

191 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

About the author

Moto Hagio (萩尾望都 Hagio Moto) is a manga artist born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, though she currently lives in Saitama Prefecture.
She is considered a "founding mother" of modern shōjo manga, and a member of the Year 24 Group (24-Gumi). She helped pioneer modern shōjo manga, modern science fiction manga, and BL manga. In addition to being an "industry pioneer", her body of work "shows a maturity, depth and personal vision found only in the finest of creative artists". She has been described as "the most beloved shōjo manga artist of all time."

Moto Hagio made her professional debut in 1969 at the age of 20 with her short story Lulu to Mimi on Kodansha's magazine Nakayoshi. Later she produced a series of short stories for various magazines for Shogakukan.
Two years after her debut, she published Juichigatsu no Gimunajiumu (The November Gymnasium), a short story which dealt openly with love between two boys at a boarding school. The story was part of a larger movement by female manga artists at the time which pioneered a genre of girls' comics about love between young men.
In 1974, Hagio developed this story into the longer Toma no shinzo (The Heart of Thomas). She was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1976 for her science fiction classic Juichinin iru! (They Were Eleven) and her epic tale Poe no ichizoku (The Poe Family).