Fujin Gahō Explained

Previous Editor:Tetsuzō Tanikawa
Publisher:Fujin Gaho co.
Company:Hearst Corporation
Founder:Doppo Kunikida
Founded:1905
Firstdate:July 1905
Category:Women's magazine
Frequency:Monthly
Language:Japanese
Country:Japan
Based:Tokyo

(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.

History and profile

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 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 .[12]

In 2012 the circulation of was 79,117 copies.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Japanese Collections at the Library of Congress Past, Present, and Future. Fujin Gahō. Asian Reading Room. 26 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Stephanie Assmann. Japanese Women's Magazines. Japanese Studies. 20 October 2003. 26 September 2016. Discussion Paper.
  3. Book: Dolores Martinez. . Keiko Tanaka. 110. https://books.google.com/books?id=6mqM8m-sJY4C&pg=PA110. 1998. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-63729-9. Japanese Women's Magazines. The Language of Aspiration. Cambridge.
  4. Web site: History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988. Kanzaki. 26 September 2016.
  5. Book: Ai Maeda. Text and the City: Essays on Japanese Modernity. 2004. Duke University Press. 0-8223-8562-7. 167. Durham, NC; London.
  6. Web site: Caroline Jane Sato. Regarding fashions in 20th century women's kimono. RMIT University. 26 September 2016. July 2010.
  7. Andrea Germer. Visual Propaganda in Wartime East Asia – The Case of Natori Yōnosuke. The Asia-Pacific Journal. 9 May 2011. 9. 20. 2324/22095.
  8. Web site: Brian Moeran. On Entering the World of Women's Magazines: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Elle and Marie Claire. CBS Open Archive. 27 May 2022. 2001.
  9. News: Rie Doi. The World's Best Magic Mirrors Debut at the Kyoto Museum of Traditional Crafts!. 26 September 2016. Japan Concierge. 27 August 2015.
  10. Book: Brian Moeran. Lise Skov. Women, Media and Consumption in Japan. 978-1-136-78273-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=BAZeAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111. 2013. Routledge. 111. London; New York. Brian Moeran. Reading Japanese in Katei Gaho: The Art of Being an Upperclass Woman.
  11. Web site: Section 2: Fashion. National Diet Library. 26 September 2016.
  12. Katrin Gengenbach. 2013. Between Extremes of Poverty and Luxury: Sociocultural Dynamics of Consumption in Early Postwar Japan (1945-1959). Leipzig University. PhD.
  13. Web site: Fujin Gahō Japan. 26 September 2016. Burda Community Network. https://web.archive.org/web/20160926191711/http://bcn.burda.de/marken/international-media/fujin-gaho-japan-a-sophisticated-upscale-japanese-lifestyle-magazine_aid_959.html. 26 September 2016.

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