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A literary magazine. It was first published in May 1928 as the journal of the All-Japan Proletarian Arts Federation (abbreviated as NAPP), which was formed in March 1928 (Showa 3) by the Japan Proletarian Arts Federation and the Avant-Garde Artists League, both of which supported the Japanese Communist Party. In December the Federation was reorganized as the All-Japan Council of Proletarian Arts Organizations (NAPP), and the newly established Senkisha began publishing the magazine. It gradually changed in character from a NAPP journal to a political enlightenment magazine, and in September 1930 Senkisha became independent from NAPP. In November 1931, NAPP was dissolved to form the Japan Proletarian Cultural Federation (abbreviated as COP), and publication ceased with the December issue. There were a total of 43 issues, excluding revised editions due to bans and other reasons. Other supplements included "Boy's Senki" and "Women's Senki". In defiance of severe oppression, 23,000 copies were published at its peak. It carried works and critiques representative of NAFF by Takiji Kobayashi's "March 15, 1928" and Sunao Tokunaga's "A Town Without the Sun," as well as works by Shigeharu Nakano, Tomoyoshi Murayama, and Korehito Kurahara, overwhelming the activities of the rival Labor-Farmer Artists League and reflecting the activities of the proletarian literature movement of this period to the greatest extent. It has been reprinted (1976-77, by the Battle Flag Reprint Publishing Association).

[Shoji Sobue]

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文芸雑誌。1928年（昭和3）3月日本共産党支持の日本プロレタリア芸術連盟と前衛芸術家同盟が合同し結成した全日本無産者芸術連盟（略称ナップ）の機関誌として5月創刊。12月連盟が全日本無産者芸術団体協議会（ナップ）に改組され、新設の戦旗社が刊行。しだいにナップ機関誌から政治的啓蒙(けいもう)雑誌へと性格を変え、30年9月戦旗社はナップより独立。31年11月ナップが日本プロレタリア文化連盟（略称コップ）に発展的に解消するのに応じ、12月号で終刊。発禁処分などによる改訂版を除き全43冊。ほかに別冊付録『少年戦旗』『婦人戦旗』など。厳しい弾圧に抗し最盛期には2万3000部発行。小林多喜二(たきじ)『一九二八年三月十五日』、徳永直(すなお)『太陽のない街』をはじめ、中野重治(しげはる)、村山知義(ともよし)、蔵原惟人(これひと)らのナップを代表する作品や評論を掲載し、対抗した労農芸術家連盟の活動を圧倒し、この期のプロレタリア文学運動の活動を最大に反映した。復刻版（1976～77・戦旗復刻版刊行会）がある。

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