Fujin Gahō (婦人画報; Illustrated Women's Gazette) is a Japanese language monthly women's magazine in Japan. Founded in 1905, it is one of the oldest magazines in the country.
 Cover page of the first issue | |
| Former editors | Tetsuzō Tanikawa |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | Fujin Gaho co. |
| Founder | Doppo Kunikida |
| Founded | 1905 |
| First issue | July 1905 |
| Company | Hearst Corporation |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
History and profile
editFujin Gahō was established in 1905.[1][2][3] The founder was a Japanese novelist, Doppo Kunikida,[4] and the founding publisher was Tokyosha.[5] The first issue appeared in July 1905.[6] Later it began to be published by Fujin Gahosha, which is still the publisher.[5] During World War II the magazine was temporarily closed down, and in 1946 it was restarted.[7]
One of the previous owners of Fujin Gahō was a French media group, Hachette Filipacchi Médias.[8] The company acquired the publisher of the magazine, Fujin Gaho co., in 1998.[8] The publisher is Fujin Gaho co., a Hearst Corporation subsidiary.[9] It is published on a monthly basis.[2][9] The magazine targets women over 40,[1] who are wealthy, leisured upper-class housewife[1] and who are married.[10] It covers high fashion trends from Japan and other countries.[11]
Tetsuzō Tanikawa is one of the former chief editors of Fujin Gahō.[12]
In 2012 the circulation of Fujin Gahō was 79,117 copies.[13]
References
edit- ^ a b c "The Japanese Collections at the Library of Congress Past, Present, and Future. Fujin Gahō". Asian Reading Room. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b Stephanie Assmann (20 October 2003). "Japanese Women's Magazines" (Discussion Paper). Japanese Studies. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Keiko Tanaka (1998). "Japanese Women's Magazines. The Language of Aspiration". In Dolores Martinez (ed.). The Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture: Gender, Shifting Boundaries and Global Cultures. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-521-63729-9.
- ^ "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzaki. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b Ai Maeda (2004). Text and the City: Essays on Japanese Modernity. Durham, NC; London: Duke University Press. p. 167. ISBN 0-8223-8562-7.
- ^ Caroline Jane Sato (July 2010). "Regarding fashions in 20th century women's kimono" (PDF). RMIT University. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Andrea Germer (9 May 2011). "Visual Propaganda in Wartime East Asia – The Case of Natori Yōnosuke". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 9 (20). hdl:2324/22095.
- ^ a b Brian Moeran (2001). "On Entering the World of Women's Magazines: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Elle and Marie Claire" (PDF). CBS Open Archive. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
- ^ a b Rie Doi (27 August 2015). "The World's Best Magic Mirrors Debut at the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts!". Japan Concierge. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Brian Moeran (2013). "Reading Japanese in Katei Gaho: The Art of Being an Upperclass Woman". In Lise Skov; Brian Moeran (eds.). Women, Media and Consumption in Japan. London; New York: Routledge. p. 111. ISBN 978-1-136-78273-2.
- ^ "Section 2: Fashion". National Diet Library. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ Katrin Gengenbach (2013). Between Extremes of Poverty and Luxury: Sociocultural Dynamics of Consumption in Early Postwar Japan (1945-1959) (PhD thesis). Leipzig University.
- ^ "Fujin Gahō Japan". Burda Community Network. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
External links
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