Kingu (magazine)

Kingu
Categories General interest
Frequency Monthly
Founder Seiji Noma
Year founded December 1924
First issue January 1925
Final issue 1957
Company Kodansha
Country Japan
Based in Tokyo
Language Japanese
OCLC number 835840343

Kingu (キング, meaning King in English) was a Japanese monthly general interest and entertainment magazine published in Tokyo, Japan. The magazine existed between 1925 and 1957. It was the first popular best-selling Japanese magazine.[1] It was also one of two most significant magazines in mid-twentieth century Japan, the other one being Ie no Hikari.[2]

History and profile

Kingu was established in December 1924.[3] The first issue appeared in January 1925.[4][5] It was the eighth magazine launched by Seiji Noma (1878-1938), the founder of the publishing company Kodansha.[6][7] It was modeled on Saturday Evening Post.[8] The magazine was published by Kodansha[9] on a monthly basis.[6][7]

Kingu covered moralistic stories[6] and featured articles about samurai heroics, sentimental romance and melodramatic events.[10] The magazine was read by urban and rural men and women.[4] Major contributors included Yoshikawa Eiji, Kikuchi Kan, Maki Itsuma, Funabashi Seiichi, Tateno Nobuyuki, and Tsunoda Kikuo.[5] It ended publication in 1957.[4]

Circulation

Both Kingu and Ie no Hikari were the first Japanese million-seller magazines.[11] Kingu sold one million copies in its first year, 1925.[4] In 1928 the circulation of the magazine was nearly 300,000 copies.[12]

References

  1. ↑ Barbara Sato (16 April 2003). The New Japanese Woman: Modernity, Media, and Women in Interwar Japan. Duke University Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-8223-3044-X. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Mass Culture in Interwar Japan". Dissertation Reviews. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ↑ Kazumi Ishii (August 2005). "Josei: A Magazine for the 'New Woman'". Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context (11). Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Gender and Modernity in Colonial Korea. ProQuest. 2005. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-549-71329-6. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "A Guide to Japanese Rerefences and Research Materials". University of Michigan. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "History of Kodansha Ltd.". Funding Universe. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  7. 1 2 Richard J. Jensen (1987). In Search of Justice: The Indiana Tradition in Speech Communication. Rodopi. p. 38. ISBN 90-6203-968-5. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Timeline of Modern Japan (1868-1945)". About Japan. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  9. ↑ Louise Young (1999). Japan's Total Empire: Manchuria and the Culture of Wartime Imperialism. University of California Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-520-21934-2. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  10. ↑ Mary L. Hanneman (14 November 2013). Japan faces the World, 1925-1952. Taylor & Francis. p. 29. ISBN 978-1-317-87895-7. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  11. ↑ Amy Bliss Marshall (October 2013). "Devouring Japan: Proposal" (PDF). University of Texas. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  12. ↑ Elise K. Tipton; John Clark (2000). Being Modern in Japan: Culture and Society from the 1910s to the 1930s. University of Hawaii Press. p. 35. ISBN 978-0-8248-2360-3. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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