Details

Subject(s)

• Children's periodicals, Japanese [Browse]
• Children's literature, Japanese—Periodicals [Browse]

Illustrator

• Okamoto, Kiichi, 1888-1930 [Browse]
• 岡本帰一, 1888-1930 [Browse]
• Takei, Takeo, 1894-1983 [Browse]
• 武井武雄, 1894-1983 [Browse]
• Hatsuyama, Shigeru, 1897-1973 [Browse]
• 初山滋, 1897-1973 [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Periodicals [Browse]

Numbering peculiarities

Vol. 2, no. 6, is mistakenly marked as vol. 6, no. 2, on cover.

Notes

• Title in translation: The land of children.
• Combining pictures, stories, songs, dances, drama, and crafts, this educational children's magazine stood out because of its high artistic standards. Published from the early 1920s until almost the end of World War II, it visually chronicles the development of Japanese modernism and changing attitudes toward children.
• Special issues include: Vol. 2, no. 9 (Aug. 1923); Vol. 8, no. 11 (Aug. 1929); Vol. 10, no. 6 (May 1931, honoring Okamoto Kiichi); Vol. 11, no. 11 (1932); Vol 13, no. 5 (Apr. 1934, honoring Okamoto Kiichi); Vol. 13, no. 12 (1934, honoring Takei Takeo); Vol. 13, no. 13 (1934, children's songs); Vol. 14, no. 5 (1935, honoring Hatsuyama Shigeru); Vol. 17, no. 5 (Mar. 1938).

Source of description

• Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 3 (March 1922)
• Description based on: 第一卷第三號.
• Latest issue consulted: Vol. 23, no. 3 (March 1944)
• Latest issue consulted: 第二十三卷第三號.

OCLC

957122881

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