Kokumin no Tomo

Kokumin no Tomo
CategoriesPolitical magazine
PublisherMin'yūsha
FounderTokutomi Soho
Founded1887
First issue15 February 1887
Final issue1898
CountryJapan
Based inTokyo
LanguageJapanese

Kokumin no Tomo (国民之友; The People's Friend) was a Japanese language political and general interest magazine that existed between 1887 and 1898. It was one of the signature periodicals of the Meiji period. The magazine was headquartered in Tokyo, capital of Japan. It was one of the earliest examples of independent and coherent intellectual magazines in Japan.[1][2] This was reflected in the magazine’s motto, printed as its subheading - “Seiji shakai keizai oyobi bungaku no hyōron” 政治社会経済及文学之評論 (Political, Social, Economic and Literary Critiques).[3]

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  2. ^ Motohiro Kondo (2004). "The Development of Monthly Magazines in Japan". The Journal of Japanese Society for Global Social and Cultural Studies. 1 (1): 4. doi:10.11424/gscs.1.1_1.
  3. ^ Lozerand, Emmanuel (30 May 2013). "The rise of criticism (1886-1889)". Cipango - French Journal of Japanese Studies. English Selection (2): 15. doi:10.4000/cjs.289. ISSN 2268-1744.