Flower of the City - Miyako no Hana

Japan's first commercial literary magazine. Founded in October 1888 (Meiji 21), and ceased publication in June 1893. 109 issues in total. Published by Kinkodo. It covered most of the writers of the time, and showed the fluctuations and standards of the literary world in the early 1880s. Yamada Bimyo edited it until issue 38, and his personality as a reformist was strongly displayed. After that, writers from the Kenyusha group, who were in conflict with Yamada, also joined, and the writers expanded, but the magazine's distinctive character faded and it gradually lost its appeal. Representative works include Koda Rohan's "Tsuyudandan," Saganoya Omuro's "First Love," Futabatei Shimei's "Ukigumo" (Floating Clouds), the third volume, "Meguriahi," and Ozaki Koyo's "Two Wives." A reprint edition (1984, Fuji Publishing) has been published.

[Yamada Yusaku]

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日本最初の商業文芸雑誌。1888年（明治21）10月創刊、93年6月終刊。全109冊。金港堂刊。当時の作家のほとんどを網羅し、明治20年代前半の文学界の振幅と水準を示した。38号まで山田美妙(びみょう)が編集し、改良主義者としての彼の個性が強く発揮された。その後は彼と対立していた硯友(けんゆう)社系の作家も参加し、執筆陣は拡大したが、特色は薄れ、しだいに魅力を失った。代表作に幸田露伴(ろはん)『露団々(つゆだんだん)』、嵯峨(さが)の屋(や)お室(むろ)『初恋』、二葉亭四迷(ふたばていしめい)『浮雲(うきぐも)』第三編、『めぐりあひ』、尾崎紅葉(こうよう)『二人(ににん)女房』などがある。復刻版（1984・不二出版）が出されている。

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