Senki


Senki was a Japanese proletarian literary magazine in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Overview

Senki was a Japanese proletarian literary magazine published between May 1928 and December 1931.

Background

In March 1928 the was formed from a merger of the and the. The organization established Senki as the monthly organ and released its first issue in May of that year.

Publication history

The first issue of Senki was published in May 1928. In December of the same year, its publisher NAPF was reorganized as the Japan Congress of Proletarian Artists' Organizations and publication of Senki was taken over by the newly established Senki Company. The magazine was therefore transformed from the official magazine of NAPF into a general magazine of political education, and in September of the following year the Senki Company became fully independent of NAPF.
In November 1931, NAPF was liquidated in the creation of the . Publication of the magazine ceased with the December 1931 issue.
Excluding issues that were banned by government censors, 43 issues of Senki entered print in the magazine's run. Supplements for a youth and female audience were also published. It suffered strict government censorship, and at the height of its popularity had a circulation of around 23,000.

Notable works

Several important works of Japan's proletarian literature movement first saw print in the pages of Senki, including:
Reprints of Senki were published between 1976 and 1977 by the Senki Reprint Publication Society.

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