Bōken sekai
Editor-in-chiefShunro Oshikawa
Tenpu Aw
CategoriesBoys' adventure magazine
First issue1908
Final issue1920
CompanyHakubunkan
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Bōken sekai (Japanese: Adventure World) was a boys' adventure magazine which was started during the late Meiji period in Japan. It was headquartered in Tokyo and existed between 1908 and 1920.

History and profile

Bōken sekai was established in 1908.[1][2] In the first issue the magazine stated its objective as “to tell exciting stories from throughout the world that will not only inspire a spirit of daring, courage, and sincerity, but eliminate all those runts who are weak, corrupt, and decadent.”[3] It was part of the Hakubunkan Publications[4] and was based in Tokyo.[5] The magazine targeted male students and featured historical heroes and adventure novels.[1] It frequently covered literary work about Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War as well as about fantastic adventures around the world.[2]

Shunro Oshikawa was the founding editor-in-chief of Bōken sekai.[3] He was replaced by Tenpu Abe in the post in 1911, and Abe's term ended in 1917.[6] The magazine ceased publication in 1920.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Jason K. Garlin (2014). "Narratives of heroism in Meiji Japan: Nationalism, gender and impersonation". In Andrea Germer; Vera Mackie; Ulrike Wöhr (eds.). Gender, Nation and State in Modern Japan. London; New York: Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-317-66715-5.
  2. 1 2 3 Satomi Saito (2007). Culture and authenticity: the discursive space of Japanese detective fiction and the formation of the national imaginary (PhD thesis). University of Iowa. p. 42. Archived from the original on 12 August 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Kuroko no Basket: On The Masculinity of the Shounen Hero". Hachimitsu. 15 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 July 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ Owen Griffiths (September 2007). "Militarizing Japan: Patriotism, Profit, and Children's Print Media, 1894-1925". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 5 (9).
  5. ↑ Carol Gluck (1985). Japan's Modern Myths: Ideology in the Late Meiji Period. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. p. 290. ISBN 0-691-00812-4.
  6. ↑ Naoki Fujimoto (February 2012). "Future war novels in the past: which war did the humankind choose?" (PDF). National Diet Library Newsletter.
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