Kokumin no Tomo
| Categories | Political magazine |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Min'yūsha |
| Founder | Tokutomi Soho |
| Founded | 1887 |
| First issue | 15 February 1887 |
| Final issue | 1898 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
Kokumin no Tomo (国民之友; The People's Friend) was a
Tokyo, Japan. It was one of the earliest examples of independent and coherent intellectual magazines in Japan.[1][2]
History and profile
Kokumin no Tomo was established by
The Nation.[2]
The publisher of Kokumin no Tomo was Min'yūsha, a publishing company also founded by Tokutomi Soho which was based in Tokyo.[1] Although the magazine mostly covered politics, it also published articles on literary and cultural topics.[1] Kokumin no Tomo had several supplements.[5] Several examples of the ancient and modern Eastern and Western poems were first featured in one of these supplements dated August 1889 which are called Omokage, verses emerged in the Meiji period.[5]
One of the regular contributors of Kokumin no Tomo was Yamaji Aizan.[6] The magazine folded in 1898.[5][7]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-939512-93-5.
- ^ .
- ^ "Catalogue. Kokumin no tomo". National Library of Australia. 1887.
- ProQuest 234909881.
- ^ a b c Teresa Ciapparoni La Rocca (1992). "Intersections. Western Presence at Work in Japanese Literary Magazines". Rivista degli studi orientali. 66 (1/2): 185.
- JSTOR 2668460.
- JSTOR 42772076.
Further reading
Wikiquote has quotations related to Kokumin no Tomo.
- De Lange, William (2023). A History of Japanese Journalism: State of Affairs and Affairs of State. Toyo Press. ISBN 978-94-92722-393.