Subaru - Subaru

A literary magazine. From January 1909 (Meiji 42) to December 1913 (Taisho 2). 60 issues in total. Published by Subaru Publishing House. Editor and publisher was Ishikawa Takuboku, later Enami Bunzo. With Mori Ogai as its leader, it was founded by Kitahara Hakushu, Kinoshita Mokutaro, Yoshii Isamu, and others who had left "Myojo," along with Takuboku, Hiraide Shu, Hirano Banri, and others from the Shinshisha Society. It largely succeeded "Myojo," leading the trend of aesthetic new romanticism centered on poetry, and became a powerful base for anti-naturalism. In terms of novels and plays, the magazine included masterpieces such as "Half a Day" and "Vita Sexualis" (both 1909), which symbolized Ogai's revival in the literary world, "Youth" (1910), "Gan" (1911), Mokutaro's "Nanbanji Monzen" (1909), "Izumiya Dye Shop" (1911), and Nagata Mikihiko's "Mio" (1911). In terms of poetry, Hakushu, Mokutaro, Isamu, and Takamura Kotaro freely demonstrated their own worlds of expression. Kotaro's poetry, which crystallized in "Michido" (1914), along with Takuboku's criticism, sharply approached the contradictions of modern Japan and prepared the way for a new era. A reprint of "Subaru" (1965, Rinsen Shoten) is also available.

[Ishizaki Hitoshi]

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文芸雑誌。1909年（明治42）1月～13年（大正2）12月。全60冊。昴(スバル)発行所発行。編集兼発行人石川啄木(たくぼく)、のち江南(えなみ)文三。森鴎外(おうがい)を指導者にいただき、『明星』脱退組の北原白秋、木下杢太郎(もくたろう)、吉井勇らと新詩社系の啄木、平出修(ひらいでしゅう)、平野万里(ばんり)らによって創刊。ほぼ『明星』を継承、詩歌を中心に唯美的な新浪漫(ろうまん)主義思潮を主導し反自然主義の有力な拠点となった。小説・戯曲では、鴎外の文壇再活躍を象徴する『半日』『ヰタ・セクスアリス』（ともに1909）、『青年』（1910）、『雁(がん)』（1911）、杢太郎の『南蠻寺(なんばんじ)門前』（1909）、『和泉(いずみ)屋染物店』（1911）、長田(ながた)幹彦(みきひこ)の『澪(みお)』（1911）などの名作が載り、詩歌では、白秋、杢太郎、勇、高村光太郎らがのびのびと自己の表現世界を示した。とくに『道程』（1914）に結晶する光太郎の詩業は、啄木の評論とともに近代日本の矛盾に鋭く迫り、新しい時代を用意した。なお、復刻版『スバル』（1965・臨川書店）がある。

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