Fujin Gahō

Fujin Gahō
Former editorsTetsuzō Tanikawa
CategoriesWomen's magazine
FrequencyMonthly
PublisherFujin Gaho co.
FounderDoppo Kunikida
Founded1905
First issueJuly 1905
CompanyHearst Corporation
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

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.

History and profile

Fujin 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

  1. ^ a b c "The Japanese Collections at the Library of Congress Past, Present, and Future. Fujin Gahō". Asian Reading Room. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b Stephanie Assmann (20 October 2003). "Japanese Women's Magazines" (Discussion Paper). Japanese Studies. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "History of Magazines in Japan: 1867-1988". Kanzaki. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Caroline Jane Sato (July 2010). "Regarding fashions in 20th century women's kimono" (PDF). RMIT University. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Section 2: Fashion". National Diet Library. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  12. ^ Katrin Gengenbach (2013). Between Extremes of Poverty and Luxury: Sociocultural Dynamics of Consumption in Early Postwar Japan (1945-1959) (PhD thesis). Leipzig University.
  13. ^ "Fujin Gahō Japan". Burda Community Network. Archived from the original on 26 September 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2016.