Women's World

Japanese: 婦人世界 - ふじんせかい

A women's magazine launched by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha in January 1906. It welcomed popular writer Murai Gensai as editorial advisor and sold practical articles on topics such as cooking and child rearing, as well as articles on self-cultivation for housewives. The literary section featured poems by Kawai Suimei and tanka by Yosano Akiko, and also featured serialised family novels, which proved popular with readers. It also changed the previous system of magazine sales, which was based on retailers buying everything at once, and was the first to adopt a consignment system with free returns, which increased circulation. It ceased publication in May 1958. [Ariyama Teruo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1906年1月に実業之日本社から創刊された女性雑誌。大衆作家の村井弦斎を編集顧問に迎えて料理･育児などの実用記事，家庭婦人のための修養記事などを売りものにした。文芸欄では河井酔茗らが詩を，与謝野晶子が短歌を担当したほか，家庭小説を連載し，読者の人気を博した。また，それまでの雑誌販売では小売店の買切制であったのをあらため，返品自由の委託販売をはじめて採用し，発行部数をのばした。33年5月終刊。【有山輝雄】

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