Categories | Women's magazine |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Shufu no Tomo Co. Ltd. |
Founder | Ishikawa Takemi |
Founded | 1917 |
First issue | March 1917 |
Final issue | 2008 |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Shufu no Tomo (主婦の友, Housewife's Friend) was a Japanese monthly women's magazine based in Tokyo, Japan. The magazine was in circulation between 1917 and 2008.
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Conservatism in Japan |
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Shufu no Tomo was launched in 1917, [1] [2] [3] and the first issue appeared in March 1917. [4] The founding company was Tokyo Kaseikai. [5] Its founder was Ishikawa Takemi. [6] The magazine was published monthly by Shufu no Tomo Co. Ltd. in Tokyo. [7] [8] The size of the magazine was A5 until 1956 when it was switched to B5. [9]
Shufu no Tomo had a conservative stance. [10] It addressed young married women during the initial phase. [6] At the same time its target audience was the mass market and lower-middle class women. [3] It covered articles about home management, including savings and birth control. [2] In 2008 Shufu no Tomo ceased publication. [11]
Shufu no Tomo had an estimated circulation of 200,000 copies in 1927. [12] In 1931 its monthly circulation was 600,000 copies, [6] and the magazine sold about 8 million copies. [13] In 1952 it was the third best-selling and the third popular magazine in the country. [7] [14] Shufu no Tomo was one of four powerful and best-selling women's magazines in Japan in 1958. [15] The other three were Fujin kurabu, Fujin seikatsu and Shufu to seikatsu with a combined circulation of 2,200,000 copies. [15]
Categories | Women's magazine |
---|---|
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Shufu no Tomo Co. Ltd. |
Founder | Ishikawa Takemi |
Founded | 1917 |
First issue | March 1917 |
Final issue | 2008 |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Shufu no Tomo (主婦の友, Housewife's Friend) was a Japanese monthly women's magazine based in Tokyo, Japan. The magazine was in circulation between 1917 and 2008.
Part of a series on |
Conservatism in Japan |
---|
Shufu no Tomo was launched in 1917, [1] [2] [3] and the first issue appeared in March 1917. [4] The founding company was Tokyo Kaseikai. [5] Its founder was Ishikawa Takemi. [6] The magazine was published monthly by Shufu no Tomo Co. Ltd. in Tokyo. [7] [8] The size of the magazine was A5 until 1956 when it was switched to B5. [9]
Shufu no Tomo had a conservative stance. [10] It addressed young married women during the initial phase. [6] At the same time its target audience was the mass market and lower-middle class women. [3] It covered articles about home management, including savings and birth control. [2] In 2008 Shufu no Tomo ceased publication. [11]
Shufu no Tomo had an estimated circulation of 200,000 copies in 1927. [12] In 1931 its monthly circulation was 600,000 copies, [6] and the magazine sold about 8 million copies. [13] In 1952 it was the third best-selling and the third popular magazine in the country. [7] [14] Shufu no Tomo was one of four powerful and best-selling women's magazines in Japan in 1958. [15] The other three were Fujin kurabu, Fujin seikatsu and Shufu to seikatsu with a combined circulation of 2,200,000 copies. [15]