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A literary magazine. It was first published in October 1909 (Meiji 42). It ceased publication in February of the following year. It consisted of two volumes. Its members were Kitahara Hakushu, Kinoshita Mokutaro, and Nagata Hideo. It was founded by poets from the "Pan no Kai" (Bread Society), which was the center of the aesthetic art movement in modern Japan, and is a stylish 46x4 magazine with exotic and urban atmospheres on every page. Nagai Kafu, Kambara Ariake, and others also contributed. The first issue featured poems such as Hakushu's "Weed Garden" and Hideo's "The Yet to Be Born Imperial Theater," and the second issue featured Mokutaro's "Exotic Atmosphere." However, Hakushu's poem "Okaru Kanpei" in the second issue was banned for being corrupting public morals, and the magazine was discontinued.

[Shunji Chiba]

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文芸雑誌。1909年（明治42）10月創刊。翌年2月終刊。全2冊。同人は北原白秋(はくしゅう)、木下杢太郎(もくたろう)、長田秀雄(ながたひでお)。近代日本における耽美(たんび)派芸術運動の中心となった「パンの会」の詩人たちによって創刊された、異国情調、都会情緒が全誌面にみなぎる瀟洒(しょうしゃ)な四六倍判の雑誌。永井荷風(かふう)、蒲原有明(かんばらありあけ)らも寄稿した。第1号には白秋の『雑草園』、秀雄の『未(いま)だ生れざる帝国劇場』、第2号には杢太郎の『異国情調』などの詩が掲げられたが、第2号の白秋の詩『おかる勘平』が風俗壊乱のゆえをもって発禁となり、そのまま廃刊した。

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