Former editors | Tetsuzō Tanikawa |
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Categories | Women's magazine |
Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | Fujin Gaho co. |
Founder | Doppo Kunikida |
Founded | 1905 |
First issue | July 1905 |
Company | Hearst Corporation |
Country | Japan |
Based in | Tokyo |
Language | Japanese |
Fujin Gahō (婦人画報; Illustrated Women's Gazette) is a Japanese language monthly women's magazine in Japan. Founded in 1905, it is one of the oldest magazines in the country.
Fujin Gahō was established in 1905. [1] [2] [3] The founder was a Japanese novelist, Doppo Kunikida, [4] and the founding publisher was Tokyosha. [5] The first issue appeared in July 1905. [6] Later it began to be published by Fujin Gahosha, which is still the publisher. [5] During World War II the magazine was temporarily closed down, and in 1946 it was restarted. [7]
One of the previous owners of Fujin Gahō was a French media group, Hachette Filipacchi Médias. [8] The company acquired the publisher of the magazine, Fujin Gaho co., in 1998. [8] The publisher is Fujin Gaho co., a Hearst Corporation subsidiary. [9] It is published on a monthly basis. [2] [9] The magazine targets women over 40, [1] who are wealthy, leisured upper-class housewife [1] and who are married. [10] It covers high fashion trends from Japan and other countries. [11]
Tetsuzō Tanikawa is one of the former chief editors of Fujin Gahō. [12]
In 2012 the circulation of Fujin Gahō was 79,117 copies. [13]