Boys' Club

Japanese: 少年俱楽部 - しょうねんクラブ

A monthly general magazine for boys. First published in November 1914, it published 611 issues over 48 years, including special issues, until December 1962. It was published by Kodansha, a publisher of the Dai-Nippon Yuben-Kai. During the Meiji period, three versions of the same name, "Boys' Club," were published by Hokuryukan and others, but all of them were short-lived, and when people say "Boys' Club," they are referring to the Kodansha version. From the beginning, the magazine was consistent with the editorial policy of Kodansha president Noma Seiji, which was to be "interesting and informative." From the 1920s onwards, it published masterpieces of popular children's literature such as Takagaki Hitomi's "Ryujinmaru," Yoshikawa Eiji's "Shinshu Tenmakyo," Daibutsu Jiro's "Kakubeishi," Sato Koroku's "Ah, Receiving Flowers in the Jade Cup," Sasaki Kuni's "Hard-Hearted Schoolmate," Yamanaka Minetaro's "300 Ri Across Enemy Lines," and Minami Yoichiro's "Hoeru Jungle," and in the 1930s it enjoyed a golden age with a circulation of approximately 1 million.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

少年を対象とした月刊総合雑誌。1914年11月創刊，62年12月まで，臨時増刊号を含めて48年間に611冊を刊行。大日本雄弁会講談社発行。明治期には，北隆館その他から3種類の同名の《少年俱楽部》が発行されたが，いずれも短命におわり，《少年俱楽部》といえば講談社版を指す。発行当初から野間清治講談社社長の〈面白くてためになる〉という編集方針で一貫し，1920年代から高垣眸《竜神丸》，吉川英治《神州天馬俠》，大仏次郎《角兵衛獅子》，佐藤紅緑《あゝ玉杯に花うけて》，佐々木邦《苦心の学友》，山中峯太郎《敵中横断三百里》，南洋一郎《吼（ほ）える密林》などの大衆児童文学の傑作を掲載し，1930年代には発行部数100万といわれる黄金時代を築いた。

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