Ken'yūsha (硯友社, The Society of Friends of the Inkstone) was a writers' society in
Meiji era
Japan, chiefly led by
Ozaki Kōyō.
[1] Ozaki founded the group with
Ishibashi Shian and Maruoka Kyūka.
[2] Its other members included
Kawakami Bizan,
Yamada Bimyō, and
Hirotsu Ryurō.
[3] The group's magazine, Garakuta Bunkō (我楽多文庫), launched in 1885, was the first Japanese journal to focus on literature.
[2] It ceased publication in October 1889.
Ken'yūsha (硯友社, The Society of Friends of the Inkstone) was a writers' society in
Meiji era
Japan, chiefly led by
Ozaki Kōyō.
[1] Ozaki founded the group with
Ishibashi Shian and Maruoka Kyūka.
[2] Its other members included
Kawakami Bizan,
Yamada Bimyō, and
Hirotsu Ryurō.
[3] The group's magazine, Garakuta Bunkō (我楽多文庫), launched in 1885, was the first Japanese journal to focus on literature.
[2] It ceased publication in October 1889.