Former editors | Hani Motoko |
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Categories | Women's magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Founder |
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Founded | 1903 |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Website | Fujin no Tomo |
Fujin no Tomo ( Japanese: 婦人之友; The Women’s Friend) is a monthly women's magazine targeting housewives which has been in circulation since 1903. The magazine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. [1]
The magazine was founded in 1903 by Yoshikazu and Hani Motoko, under the name Katei no Tomo (Japanese: The Family Friend). [2] In 1908 it was renamed as Fujin no Tomo. [2] [3] Hani Motoko also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine which targets housewives. [4] The readers were primarily the middle-class women living in the newly established urban centres. [4] The original goal was to make the status of women much better which reflected the Christian liberal views of the magazine founder Hani Motoko. [5] The magazine has mostly covered articles which aim to provide practical help them in daily life. [6] [4] It has also published annual accounting book for families which introduced accounting to the modern Japanese families. [4]
Abe Isoo was among the contributors of Fujin no Tomo [3] which is published on a monthly basis. [7]
Former editors | Hani Motoko |
---|---|
Categories | Women's magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Founder |
|
Founded | 1903 |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Website | Fujin no Tomo |
Fujin no Tomo ( Japanese: 婦人之友; The Women’s Friend) is a monthly women's magazine targeting housewives which has been in circulation since 1903. The magazine is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. [1]
The magazine was founded in 1903 by Yoshikazu and Hani Motoko, under the name Katei no Tomo (Japanese: The Family Friend). [2] In 1908 it was renamed as Fujin no Tomo. [2] [3] Hani Motoko also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine which targets housewives. [4] The readers were primarily the middle-class women living in the newly established urban centres. [4] The original goal was to make the status of women much better which reflected the Christian liberal views of the magazine founder Hani Motoko. [5] The magazine has mostly covered articles which aim to provide practical help them in daily life. [6] [4] It has also published annual accounting book for families which introduced accounting to the modern Japanese families. [4]
Abe Isoo was among the contributors of Fujin no Tomo [3] which is published on a monthly basis. [7]