Fujin Kōron (婦人公論) (meaning Woman's Review in English) is a Japanese bi-weekly women's magazine published by Chūōkōron-Shinsha. It was founded under the concept of women's liberation and establishment of selfhood.[1] It was first published in January 1916 (Taishō 5).[2] It is one of the new intellectual feminist magazines in Japan during the 1910s.[3]
 The first issue of Fujinkōron | |
| Editor | Keiko Yokoyama (横山恵子) |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Biweekly |
| Publisher | Chuokoron-Shinsha (中央公論新社) |
| Founded | 1916 |
| First issue | January 1916 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | http://www.fujinkoron.jp/ |
Notable works
edit| Year | Author | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Ryūnosuke Akutagawa | Saru kani gassen (猿蟹合戦, The Crab and the Monkey) |
| 1932 | Fusako Kushi | Memoirs of a Declining Ryukyuan Woman (Horobiyuku ryukyu-onna no shuki,滅びゆく琉球女の手記) |
| 1936 | Ineko Sata (as Ineko Kubokawa) | Crimson (Kurenai, くれなゐ) |
| 1942 | Osamu Dazai | December 8th (Jūnigatsu youka, 十二月八日) |
| 1950 | Yukio Mishima | Junpaku no yoru (純白の夜) |
| 1959 | Yukio Mishima | Bunshō dokuhon (文章読本) |
| 1964 | Yukio Mishima | The Music (Ongaku, 音楽) |
| 1971-1972 | Junichi Watanabe | Akan ni hatsu (阿寒に果つ) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "婦人公論 (advertisement)". Yomiuri Shimbun. 23 December 1915.
- ^ Ai Maeda (25 March 2004). Text and the City: Essays on Japanese Modernity. Duke University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0-8223-8562-7.
- ^ Mackie, Vera (8 August 2002). Creating Socialist Women in Japan: Gender, Labour and Activism, 1900-1937. Cambridge University Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-521-52325-7.
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