Shashin Shūhō (Japanese: 写真週報; Weekly Photographical Journal) was an illustrated propaganda magazine of the Cabinet Intelligence Department which was published in Japan between 1938 and 1945. It was one of the most successful propaganda publications of Japan.
| Categories | Propaganda magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | Cabinet Intelligence Department |
| Founder | Cabinet Intelligence Department |
| Founded | 1938 |
| First issue | 16 February 1938 |
| Final issue Number | 11 July 1945 374–375 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
History and profile
editShashin Shūhō was launched by the Cabinet Intelligence Department in 1938,[1] and its first issue appeared on 16 February 1938.[2] It was employed by the Japanese government for propaganda purposes[1] and featured the news about the Japan's war activities in World War II.[3] Its contents were accompanied by photographs[3] which were mostly taken by the Nippon Kōbō collaborators, including Ken Domon and Ihei Kimura.[4] The magazine came out weekly which reached the peak circulation level distributing 500,000 copies in 1943.[3] It folded after the publication of the issue 374–375 on 11 July 1945.[2]
The magazine issues have been archived by different institutions, including National Archives of Singapore[5] and the British Museum.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Daniel Hedinger (2017). "The Spectacle of Global Fascism: The Italian Blackshirt mission to Japan's Asian empire". Modern Asian Studies. 51 (6): 2018. doi:10.1017/S0026749X17000026. S2CID 148743045.
- ^ a b "A Window into the Early Showa Period". JACAR. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ a b c "Shashin shūhō (Photographic Weekly Report; 1938–1945)". Merril C. Berman Collection. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ Gennifer Weisenfeld (December 2000). "Touring Japan-as-Museum: NIPPON and Other Japanese Imperialist Travelogues". Positions. Asia Critique. 8 (3): 756. doi:10.1215/10679847-8-3-747. hdl:10161/7356. S2CID 144243227.
- ^ "Japanese magazine "Shashin Shuho"". National Archives of Singapore. Retrieved 27 October 2022.
- ^ "Newspaper/periodical; photographic print". British Museum. Retrieved 27 October 2022.