Fujin no Tomo (Japanese: 婦人之友; The Women’s Friend) is a monthly women's magazine targeting housewives which has been in circulation since 1903. The magazine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
| Former editors | Hani Motoko |
|---|---|
| Categories | Women's magazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Founder |
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| Founded | 1903 |
| Country | Japan |
| Based in | Tokyo |
| Language | Japanese |
| Website | Fujin no Tomo |
History and profile edit
The magazine was founded in 1903 by Yoshikazu and Hani Motoko, under the name Katei no Tomo (Japanese: The Family Friend).[2] In 1908 it was renamed as Fujin no Tomo.[2][3] Hani Motoko also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine which targets housewives.[4] The readers were primarily the middle-class women living in the newly established urban centres.[4] The original goal was to make the status of women much better which reflected the Christian liberal views of the magazine founder Hani Motoko.[5] The magazine has mostly covered articles which aim to provide practical help them in daily life.[6][4] It has also published annual accounting book for families which introduced accounting to the modern Japanese families.[4]
Abe Isoo was among the contributors of Fujin no Tomo[3] which is published on a monthly basis.[7]
References edit
- ^ "Fujin no tomo". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b Takuji Ichikawa (14 February 2018). "Japan's first magazine targeting women, Katei-no-Tomo, was launched in 1903". Red Circle. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ a b Torsten Weber (Spring 2014). "The pursuit of happiness in modern Japan" (PDF). The Newsletter of IIAS (67).
- ^ a b c d Naoko Komori (2007). "The "hidden" history of accounting in Japan: A historical examination of the relationship between Japanese women and accounting". Accounting History. 12 (3): 337–339. doi:10.1177/1032373207079037. S2CID 154321027.
- ^ Sarah Anne Frederick (2000). Housewives, modern girls, feminists: Women's magazines and modernity in Japan (PhD thesis). The University of Chicago. pp. 14–15. ProQuest 304639224.
- ^ Martyn David Smith (2018). Mass Media, Consumerism and National Identity in Postwar Japan. London; New York: Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-350-03077-0.
- ^ Midori Itō (2002). "Hani Motoko and the Spread of Time Discipline into the Household". Japan Review (14): 135–147. JSTOR 25791259.