Loofah flower - Loofah flower

Japanese: へちまの花 - へちまのはな

A monthly magazine launched by Baibunsha in January 1914 by Sakai Toshihiko. It was published in tabloid format up to issue 16. In the midst of the severe oppression following the High Treason Incident, it aimed to foster communication and solidarity among socialists through humor and irony, and introduced the latest news from socialists around the country. From issue 17 onwards, it became a pamphlet, and the content gradually became more clearly socialist in its tendencies, including a partial translation of Bebel's "On Women." With the 19th issue (August 1915) it was renamed "New Society," and became a theoretical magazine for Taisho socialism. [Umeda Toshihide]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1914年1月，堺利彦が売文社より創刊した月刊誌。16号まではタブロイド判で発行された。大逆事件後の厳しい弾圧のなかで笑いと皮肉で社会主義者間の交流と連帯を意図し，各地の社会主義者の消息を紹介した。17号よりパンフレット型となり，内容もベーベルの《婦人論》を一部翻訳するなど，社会主義的思想傾向を徐々に明瞭にした。19号(1915年8月)を最後に《新社会》と改題し，大正社会主義の理論雑誌となった。【梅田俊英】

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