Myōjō

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Myōjō
明星
Myōjō 10th issue
CategoriesLiterary magazine
FrequencyMonthly
First issueApril 1900[1]
Final issueNovember 1908[1]
CompanyShinshisha (新詩社)[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Myōjō (明星, Myōjō) was a monthly literary magazine published in Japan between April 1900 and November 1908. The name Myōjō can be translated as either Bright Star[2] or Morning Star.

History and profile

The magazine was established in 1900.

Yosano Tekkan in 1899. Myōjō was initially known for its development and promotion of a modernized version of the 31-syllable tanka poetry. Famous contributors such as Yosano Akiko, who also edited the magazine,[4] transformed the traditional poetry with a sensual style in the romantic movement
.

Other important contributors included

Ueda Bin and Baba Kocho
, with Yosano Tekkan remaining as editor-in-chief of the publication.

Myōjō gradually transformed itself from purely tanka poetry, to a sophisticated journal promoting the visual arts and western style poetry as well. It is regarded as having a crucial influence on the development of Japanese poetry and literature in the early 20th century.

Myōjō was short lived, as internal dissension dissolved the Shinshisha literary circle. Many of its original members helped create a successor literary journal, Subaru (The Pleiades). Myōjō was revived from 1921-1927 by Tekkan, and again from 1947–1949.

References

  1. ^ a b c Furukawa, Kiyohiko. "明星". コトバンク (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ISBN 978-1-4381-4072-8
    . Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. ISBN 978-0-231-14236-6
    . Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ISBN 978-90-04-27411-2
    . Retrieved 24 April 2016.

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