Bungakukai

*Bungakukai*
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Bungeishunjū
Founded	1893
Country	Japan
Based in	Tokyo
Language	Japanese
OCLC	5369295

Bungakukai (文學界, "Literary World") is a Japanese monthly literary magazine published by Bungeishunjū as a junbungaku (純文学, lit. "pure literature") oriented publication.

History and profile

The first version of Bungakukai was published from 1893 to 1898.^[1] The founders were the first generation romantic authors in the country.^[2] The magazine featured articles on romanticism, modernism and idealism.^[1] The magazine's second version started in October 1933.^[3] Bungeishunjū has owned the magazine since then.^[4]

The headquarters of Bungakukai is in Tokyo.^[5] Along with Shinchō, Gunzo, Bungei and Subaru [ja; fr; de; ru], it is one of the five leading literary journals in Japan. It runs a contest for newcomer writers Bungakukai Shinjinshō (Japanese: 文學界新人賞, Newcomer Award of Literary World).

References

^ ^a ^b Louis-Frédéric; Käthe Roth (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
^ Yoshio Takanashi; Palgrave Connect (Online service) (2014). Emerson and Neo-Confucianism: Crossing Paths Over the Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-137-39507-8.
^ Oliviero Frattolillo (2014). Interwar Japan beyond the West: The Search for a New Subjectivity in World History. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4438-6511-1.
^ Tom Brislin. "David and Godzilla: Anti-Semitism and Seppuku in Japanese Publishing". University of Hawaii. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
^ J. Thomas Rimer; Van C. Gessel (2013). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. Columbia University Press. p. 955. ISBN 978-0-231-53027-9.

External links

Official website (in Japanese)

[loka-1] Louis-Frédéric; Käthe Roth (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Yoshio Takanashi; Palgrave Connect (Online service) (2014). Emerson and Neo-Confucianism: Crossing Paths Over the Pacific. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 28. ISBN 978-1-137-39507-8.

[3] Oliviero Frattolillo (2014). Interwar Japan beyond the West: The Search for a New Subjectivity in World History. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 61. ISBN 978-1-4438-6511-1.

[4] Tom Brislin. "David and Godzilla: Anti-Semitism and Seppuku in Japanese Publishing". University of Hawaii. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[5] J. Thomas Rimer; Van C. Gessel (2013). The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature. Columbia University Press. p. 955. ISBN 978-0-231-53027-9.

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