Bungeishunju Archives.

Format:

Database & Article Index

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Rosengarten International Fund.

Kikuchi, Kan, 1888-1948.

JapanKnowledge

Language:

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Japanese literature--Periodicals.

Japanese literature.

Genre:

Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Began in 1923. Cf. Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan Wa zasshi ... 1969.

Other Title:

Bungei shunjū

文藝春秋.

Place of Publication:

Tōkyō : Bungei Shunjūsha, 1923-1975.

東京 : 文藝春秋社

System Details:

text file

Summary:

" Bungeishunju is a general monthly magazine founded by the author Kikuchi Kan in January 1923 (Taisho 12). As Kikuchi wrote in his Founding Message, “I’m tired of being asked to say things. I want to say what I am thinking with a sense of freedom, without having to be concerned about readers and editors,” he founded the magazine with the wish to conduct free writing activities that would not be hemmed in by the framework of literary circles. Bungeishunju became a forum for the publication of essays and creative writing by a great number of authors including, of course, Akutagawa Ryunosuke, but also Kume Masao, Kawabata Yasunari, Satomi Ton, Kobayashi Hideo and Naoki Sanjugo.The publication of articles on current affairs also began in the early Showa period, and what especially caught the attention of the reading public were the round-table discussions. Bungeishunju was able to invite to these the most prominent personalities of the time to speak on a variety of topics.The Akutagawa Prize and Naoki Prize, created in 1935 (Showa 10) to commemorate the meritorious service of Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Naoki Sanjugo, whose writings were serialized in Bungeishunju, are still today among the most authoritative literature prizes in Japan.The JapanKnowledge content comprises a full collection of all 623 issues of Bungeishunju from the founding issue to December 1975 (Showa 50) (excepting special issues) as the Bungeishunju Archives. Around 210,000 pages of the original magazine are made available in PDF format. These pages contain essays, fiction, and articles by over 4,400 authors and contributors published in the 53 years."--Publisher's website

Notes:

Editor: Kikuchi Hiroshi, 1923-1939.

Dai 8-kan dai 3-gō (Shōwa 5-nen i.e. 1930, 3-gatsu); title from cover.

Print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten International Fund.

Has Supplement:

Bessatsu bungei shunjū