Shōjo no tomo (少女の友, Shōjo no tomo, "Girls' Friend") was a Japanese magazine published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha from February 1908 to June 1955. [1] [2] It featured early shōjo manga-style imagery, [3] and work by Takuboku Ishikawa, Katsuji Matsumoto, Jun'ichi Nakahara, [4] and Akiko Yosano.