Emancipation Pictorial

Emancipation Pictorial
Third issue, July 1920
EditorZhou Jianyun
CategoriesWomen's issues
FrequencyMonhtly
First issue4 May 1920; 104 years ago (1920-05-04)
Final issuec. 1922
CountryChina
Based inShanghai
LanguageChinese

The Emancipation Pictorial (simplified Chinese: 解放画报; traditional Chinese: 解放畫報; pinyin: Jiěfàng Huàbào), also known as the Liberation Pictorial, was a short-lived women's magazine published in the Republic of China. Established by the Xinmin Library, it first published on 4 May 1920, and is known to have lasted for eighteen issues; the preface to the last edition indicated a plan to rejuvenate the magazine, which has not been identified.

Articles, mostly produced by men, dealt with topics of interest to contemporary women readers such as breast binding and marriage. The Emancipation Pictorial advocated for equal rights for men and women, though it did not embrace the contemporary women's rights movement and rejected women's participation in politics. Imagery ranged from the realistic to the surreal, and generally explored how women had suffered, emancipation could occur, and emancipation was realized in contemporary China.