Otowa Group

Japanese: 音羽グループ - おとわぐるーぷ
Otowa Group

...In addition to publishing magazines, they also put effort into publishing books, publishing 14 volumes of "Illustrated History of Japanese Culture" (1956), 20 volumes of "Original Color Japanese Art" (1966), 28 volumes of "The Encyclopedia of Japan Japonica" (1967), and 20 volumes of "The Japanese Language Dictionary" (1972), making them a comprehensive publisher. In particular, in the magazine division, they and their affiliated company Shueisha are known as the Hitotsubashi Group, named after its location, and compete with the Otowa Group of Kodansha and Kobunsha. [Yahagi Katsumi]...

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Otoha Group" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…雑誌出版のかたわら書籍刊行にも力を入れ《図説日本文化史大系》全14巻(1956),《原色日本の美術》全20巻(1966),《大日本百科事典ジャポニカ》全28巻(1967),《日本国語大辞典》全20巻(1972)などを刊行,総合出版社となっている。とくに雑誌部門ではその関連会社の集英社とともにその所在地から一ツ橋グループとよばれ,講談社,光文社の音羽(おとわ)グループと対抗している。【矢作 勝美】。…

※「音羽グループ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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