Tanken Sekai
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Tanken sekai was a Japan
ese magazine of the early Twentieth Century, published by the Seikosha
publishing house which was part of the still-extant Seiko
empire.
The magazine is considered to have both reflected and amplified the strong wave of patriotism
which was felt in the Japanese society during and following the Russo-Japanese War
of 1905. It catered to a readership which was interested in "tales of Japanese adventure and exploration abroad and fantasies of imperialistic superiority and Japanese valor" (as Jeffrey M. Angles, researcher of Japanese popular culture, put it - see http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=osu1071535574). On its pages, fiction was mixed with more or less factual accounts of exploration, record-breaking achievements and "unusual customs" from around the world.
As researcher Kawataro Nakajima has shown, the magazine's success inspired the appearance of rival magazines of the same kind, such as "Boken sekai", published by Seikosha
's rival publishing company Hakubunkan
.
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese magazine of the early Twentieth Century, published by the Seikosha
Seikosha
was a branch of the Japanese company Seiko that produces clocks, watches, shutters, computer printers and other devices. It was the root of the manufacturing companies of the Seiko Group.*1881 — Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K...
publishing house which was part of the still-extant Seiko
Seiko
, more commonly known simply as Seiko , is a Japanese watch company.-History and ongoing developments:The company was founded in 1881, when Kintarō Hattori opened a watch and jewelry shop called in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan. Eleven years later, in 1892, he began to produce clocks under the...
empire.
The magazine is considered to have both reflected and amplified the strong wave of patriotism
Patriotism
Patriotism is a devotion to one's country, excluding differences caused by the dependencies of the term's meaning upon context, geography and philosophy...
which was felt in the Japanese society during and following the Russo-Japanese War
Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...
of 1905. It catered to a readership which was interested in "tales of Japanese adventure and exploration abroad and fantasies of imperialistic superiority and Japanese valor" (as Jeffrey M. Angles, researcher of Japanese popular culture, put it - see http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/send-pdf.cgi?acc_num=osu1071535574). On its pages, fiction was mixed with more or less factual accounts of exploration, record-breaking achievements and "unusual customs" from around the world.
As researcher Kawataro Nakajima has shown, the magazine's success inspired the appearance of rival magazines of the same kind, such as "Boken sekai", published by Seikosha
Seikosha
was a branch of the Japanese company Seiko that produces clocks, watches, shutters, computer printers and other devices. It was the root of the manufacturing companies of the Seiko Group.*1881 — Kintarō Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop "K...
's rival publishing company Hakubunkan
Hakubunkan
is a Japanese publishing company founded in 1887 amidst the wealth and military prosperity of the Meiji era. Hakubunkan entered the publishing arena by printing a nationalist magazine as well as expanding into printing, advertising, paper manufacturing, and related businesses, becoming one of...
.