Women's Art

A literary magazine for women. From its launch in July 1928 (Showa 3) to its closure in June 1957, it published a total of 5 volumes and 48 issues. With financial support from her husband Mikami Otokichi, it was edited and written by women, including Hasegawa Shigure, Ikuta Hanayo, Motokawa Kinuko, and Hasegawa Haruko, and its target audience was also women. With former employees of Seito as brains, it aimed to discover and nurture new female writers. It serialized Hayashi Fumiko's Wanderings for 20 issues, and produced a succession of female writers, including Ueda (Enchi) Fumiko, Ota Yoko, Kubokawa (Sata) Ineko, and Otani Fujiko, but began to lean leftward as the proletarian literature movement reached its peak. It was characterized by critiques by Kamichika Ichiko and other authors, and contributions reporting on the current situation of working women. After the third ban, it ceased publication due to a lack of funds. A reprint of all 48 volumes has been published (1981, Fuji Publishing). In July and August 1923 (Taisho 12), Shigure and Okada Yachiyo published two issues of "Women's Art."

[Akiko Ogata]

"The World of Women in the Arts" by Akiko Ogata (1980, Domesu Publishing)" ▽ "People of Women in the Arts" by Akiko Ogata (1981, Domesu Publishing)" ▽ "Commentary on "Women in the Arts" by Toshiro Kono, Table of Contents and Index" (1981, Ryukei Publishing)

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女流文芸雑誌。1928年（昭和3）7月創刊から32年6月廃刊まで全5巻48冊。夫三上於菟吉(おときち)の資金援助で長谷川時雨(はせがわしぐれ)を中心に、生田花世(はなよ)、素川(もとかわ)絹子、長谷川春子ら、編集、執筆ともに女性の手により出され、対象も女性。かつての『青鞜(せいとう)』社員をブレーンとし、新人女流作家の発掘、育成を目ざした。林芙美子(ふみこ)『放浪記』を20回にわたって連載したのをはじめ、上田（円地）文子、太田洋子、窪川(くぼかわ)（佐多）稲子、大谷藤子(ふじこ)ら次々と女流を輩出するが、プロレタリア文学運動の全盛に伴い左傾していく。神近市子らの評論、働く女性たちの現状を取材・報告した投稿に特色がある。三度目の発禁後、資金の行き詰まりから廃刊。全48冊の復刻版（1981・不二出版）がある。なお、1923年（大正12）7、8月、時雨と岡田八千代(やちよ)により『女人芸術』が2号出されている。

［尾形明子］

『尾形明子著『女人芸術の世界』（1980・ドメス出版）』▽『尾形明子著『女人芸術の人びと』（1981・ドメス出版）』▽『紅野敏郎解説『「女人芸術」解説・総目次・索引』（1981・龍渓書舎）』

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