Bungakukai Explained

Frequency:	Monthly
Publisher:	Bungeishunjū
Founded:	1893
Country:	Japan
Based:	Tokyo
Language:	Japanese
Oclc:	5369295

is a Japanese monthly literary magazine published by Bungeishunjū as a oriented publication.

History and profile

The first version of Bungakukai was published from 1893 to 1898.^[1] The founders were the first generation romantic authors in the country.^[2] The magazine featured articles on romanticism, modernism and idealism.^[1] The magazine's second version started in October 1933.^[3] Bungeishunjū has owned the magazine since then.^[4]

The headquarters of Bungakukai is in Tokyo.^[5] Along with Shinchō, Gunzo, Bungei and , it is one of the five leading literary journals in Japan. It runs a contest for newcomer writers Bungakukai Shinjinshō (Japanese: 文學界新人賞, Newcomer Award of Literary World).

Notes and References

1. Book: Louis-Frédéric. Käthe Roth. Japan Encyclopedia. 2002. Harvard University Press. 978-0-674-01753-5. 90.
2. Book: Yoshio Takanashi. Palgrave Connect (Online service). Emerson and Neo-Confucianism: Crossing Paths Over the Pacific. 2014. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-1-137-39507-8. 28.
3. Book: Oliviero Frattolillo. Interwar Japan beyond the West: The Search for a New Subjectivity in World History. 2014. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 978-1-4438-6511-1. 61.
4. Web site: Tom Brislin. David and Godzilla: Anti-Semitism and Seppuku in Japanese Publishing. University of Hawaii. 23 January 2017.
5. Book: J. Thomas Rimer. Van C. Gessel. The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. 2013. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-53027-9. 955.