Ken'yūsha Explained

was a writers' society in Meiji era Japan, chiefly led by Ozaki Kōyō.^[1] Ozaki founded the group with and Maruoka Kyūka.^[2] Its other members included Kawakami Bizan, Yamada Bimyō, and Hirotsu Ryurō.^[3] The group's magazine,, launched in 1885, was the first Japanese journal to focus on literature. It ceased publication in October 1889.

Notes and References

1. Book: Powell, Irena . Writers and Society in Modern Japan . 1983-06-18 . Springer . 978-1-349-05028-4 . 8–25 . en.
2. Morita . James R. . 1969 . Garakuta Bunko . Monumenta Nipponica . 24 . 3 . 219–233 . 10.2307/2383631 . 2383631 . 0027-0741.
3. Jun . Etō . 1963 . The Japanese Literary World as a Sociological Phenomenon . The Journal-Newsletter of the Association of Teachers of Japanese . 1 . 2 . 10–20 . 10.2307/488766 . 488766 . 0004-5810.