Subaru (literary magazine)

Japanese literary magazine (1909–1913)

Not to be confused with the literary magazine of the same name published by Shueisha.

Subaru
スバル

Subaru 1st issue

Editor| Ishikawa Takuboku
Categories| Literary magazine
Frequency| Monthly
First issue| January 1909
Final issue| December 1913
Company| Subaru (昴)
Country| Japan
Language| Japanese

Subaru (スバル) was a literary magazine published monthly in Japan between January 1909 and December 1913.[1][2] The name of the publisher was Subaru (昴), written in kanji as opposed to the magazine title written in katakana.

Subaru was the spiritual successor to the better-known and longer-running magazine Myōjō.[1][2] It mainly focused on the publication of poetry and was known for its advocacy of the trend of romanticism in Japanese literature in the late Meiji period (1868 – 1912).[1][2] It was priced at 30 sen (0.3 yen) and ultimately published 60 issues in total.[3][4]

## Overview

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In 1909, after Myōjō ceased publication, Mori Ōgai[2] and a few other prominent Myōjō writers including Tekkan Yosano[2] and Akiko Yosano came together to publish a new magazine that would become Subaru.[4] Ishikawa Takuboku initially served as editor.[1] The magazine was noted for publishing works by Ishikawa, as well as Mokutaro Kinoshita, Kōtarō Takamura, Yoshii Isamu (1886 – 1960), and Hakushū Kitahara (the latter leaving Myōjō in January 1908 was one of the factors contributing to its going out of print[5]).[6] Anti-Naturalist and Romantic writings were most prominent, and writers known for having their works published in Subaru were known as Subaru-ists (スバル派, Subaru-ha).

Among the works Mori Ōgai published in the magazine were The Wild Geese,[2] Vita Sexualis, and Seinen.[1] Yoshii first published Sake hogai and Gogo san-ji in the magazine.[6] The complete run of Subaru was reprinted in facsimile in 1965 by the publishing house Rinsen Shoten.[4][7]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e Keene, Donald 1999 Dawn to the West: A History of Japanese Literature, Volume 4. New York : Columbia University Press. p.25
2. ^ a b c d e f Hayakawa Kunio 2006 "Meiji 42-nen, Hesse Hatsu-tōjō". Ichimon (website), no. 65. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
3. ^ "すばる" [Subaru]. Dijitaru Daijisen (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
4. ^ a b c "スバル" [Subaru]. Nihon Daihyakka Zensho (Nipponika) (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 153301537. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
5. ^ Keene 1999. p.26
6. ^ a b "スバル" [Subaru]. Kokushi Daijiten (in Japanese). Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 683276033. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
7. ^ スバル [Subaru] (in Japanese). Kyōto, Japan: Rinsen Shoten. 1965. OCLC 10698136. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)

## External links

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* Media related to Subaru (literary magazine) at Wikimedia Commons

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