Kodomo no kuni
illustrated by Honda Shotaro, A Windy Day, "Kodomo no kuni" 1923
illustrated by Takei Takeo, Always Together, "Kodomo no kuni" 1931
illustrated by Okamoto Kiichi, Excursion, "Kodomo no kuni" 1928
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"Kodomo no kuni was one of the leading artwork-featuring journals for children founded and published in 23 volumes and 265 issues from January1922 to March 1949.[...]
The magazine included pictures, stories, children's songs, dances, plays, and articles on handicrafts for young children. In format and content pioneering the totally new genre of artistic children's magazine, it was published by Tokyosha.[...]
The 1920s was an era of urbanization and technological revolution. The role of art in society was also transformed with the growing importance of such genres as architecture and commercial art. However, Kodomo no kuni maintained its devotion to the nourishment of the minds and hearts of children in the newly modernized Japan. The pages of Kodomo no kuni brought to children pictures not only illustrating poetry and stories but also vividly recording the colorful daily life and fantasies of childhood.[...]
The images in Kodomo no kuni depicting the children in the latest fashions reflected a mingling of reality with dreams and aspirations."