Shōjo Sekai
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History
The Shōjo Sekai magazine was initially edited by renowned children's author Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., better known by the pen name Script error: No such module "Nihongo"..[1][2] Shōjo Sekai was created as a sister magazine to Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., which was also edited by Iwaya, and which began publication in 1895.[3]
The magazine's early fiction output tended to be of a didactic nature, with tales about self-sacrifice and the importance of obeying one's parents. The stories then started to focus on passionate bonds between girls, often featuring tones typical of the Class S genre.[4]
According to Kiyoko Nagai, for the first ten years of its publication it was the best-selling shōjo magazine of the time, with peak circulations somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 copies per issue.[5]
The final issue of Shōjo Sekai was the December 1931 issue.[1]
Contributors
Shōjo Sekai had a number of well known contributors over the years, including the following:
- Sazanami Iwaya (ja:巌谷小波), author, children's author, editor, publisher
- Yasunari Kawabata, novelist and short story author
- Chiyo Kitagawa (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), children's author
- Tama Morita, essayist
- Midori Osaki (ja:尾崎翠), novelist
- Kikuko Oshima (Script error: No such module "Lang".Template:Category handler), author
- Akiko Yosano, poet, feminist, pacifist, and social reformer
- Nobuko Yoshiya, author
References
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