Collection of essays by Japanese masters

Japanese: 日本大家論集 - にほんたいかろんしゅう

This is a collection of essays published in June 1887 when Hakubunkan was founded. The first volume was 80 pages in the Kiku format and priced at 10 sen. It selected the best essays from various academic journals and included 17 essays by Nakamura Masanao, Kato Hiroyuki, Tsubouchi Yuzo (Shoyo), and others. This format was modeled after Western anthologies, and since it included the "famous essays and theories of various masters" in one volume, it became popular and sold well, reaching over 10,000 copies, with four reprints per month. From the second volume onwards, it was published monthly, but both volumes caused controversy due to unauthorized reproduction, and it was subsequently published independently.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

博文館が創業にあたり，1887年6月に発行した論集。第1編は，菊判80ページ，定価10銭。各種の学術雑誌に発表された論文のなかから優れたものを選び，中村正直，加藤弘之，坪内雄蔵(逍遥)らの論文17編を収める。この方式は，欧米の〈集録雑誌(アンソロジー)〉にならったもので，〈諸大家の名論卓説〉を1冊に網羅したことから評判になり，1ヵ月に4回の増刷を重ねるほど売行きがよく1万数千部に及んだ。第2編から月刊で発行したが，第1，第2編とも無断転載のため物議をかもし，その後は自主企画で発行した。

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