Chuo Koronsha - Chuo Koronsha

Japanese: 中央公論社 - ちゅうおうこうろんしゃ

A general publisher centered on the magazine Chuokoron. Its predecessor was the "Hanseikai," a training group for Nishi Honganji Temple founded in 1886. It separated from Nishi Honganji in 1912 and changed its name to Chuokoronsha in 1914. In 1916, it launched the women's magazine Fujin Koron, and published works such as Tsubouchi Shoyo's New Revised Complete Works of Shakespeare (1933) and Tanizaki Junichiro's The Tale of Genji (1939-1941). It was dissolved in 1944 by order of the Cabinet Information Bureau, but was re-established after World War II. In addition to magazines such as Chuokoron, it published various books, complete works, new books, and pocket books. In the 1990s, it attempted to launch new magazines, but these efforts were unsuccessful and its management deteriorated. In February 1999, it became a subsidiary of the Yomiuri Shimbun and changed its name to Chuokoron-Shinsha.

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Japanese:

雑誌『中央公論』を中心とする総合出版社。 1886年に創立された西本願寺の修養団体「反省会」がその前身で，1912年西本願寺から離れ，14年中央公論社と改称，16年には女性総合雑誌『婦人公論』を創刊，坪内逍遙訳「新修シェークスピヤ全集」 (1933) ，谷崎潤一郎訳『源氏物語』 (39～41) などを出版。 44年内閣情報局の命により解散したが，第2次世界大戦後再建。『中央公論』などの雑誌のほか，各種図書，全集類，新書および文庫を刊行。 1990年代に入って新雑誌の創刊を進めたが不調に終り経営が悪化。 99年2月読売新聞社の傘下に入り，中央公論新社と改称した。

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