Fuzoku Gahou - Fuzoku Gahou

Japanese: 風俗画報 - ふうぞくがほう

A magazine about manners and customs from the Meiji and Taisho periods. Published by Toyo-do. First published in February 1889, it ceased publication in March 1916. It had 478 issues in total. Including extra issues, the total number of issues was 517. Influenced by Western graphic magazines, it was a 46x format magazine that initially featured mainly lithographs, and later included photographic plates, and was the first in Japan to use the word "pictorial" in its name. The first issue was 28 pages and cost 10 sen. With the aim of "creating a basis for compiling a personal history through pictures," the editorial policy was to research the manners and customs of the Edo period, introduce local manners as passed down in various regions, and record popular manners at the time of publication, but at the time of its founding, the emphasis was on Edo research, reflecting the revivalist trend of the time.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

明治･大正期の風俗雑誌。東陽堂発行。1889年2月創刊，1916年3月廃刊。通巻478号。号数外の増刊を含む総冊数は517冊。西欧のグラフ雑誌の影響を受け，はじめ主として石版画，のちに写真版が挿入された四六倍判の雑誌で，日本で初めて誌名に〈画報〉の文字が使われた。創刊号は28ページ，定価10銭。〈画ヲ以テ一ノ私史ヲ編纂スルノ料ヲ作ル〉ことを目的に，江戸時代風俗の考証，各地に伝わる地方風俗の紹介，刊行時における流行風俗の記録を編集方針としたが，創刊当初は復古調の時流を反映して，江戸研究に重点が置かれている。

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