Front cover of Tokyo Puck magazine

Tokyo Puck (Japanese: 東京パック, Hepburn: Tōkyō pakku) was a Japanese satirical comic magazine launched in 1905. It was based on the American Puck and featured multicolor illustrations that emphasized visual characteristics. It was the first publication of its kind in Japan to feature color illustrations.[1] The magazine existed until 1923 with an interruption between 1912 and 1919.

History and profile

Tokyo Puck first published in 1905.[2] Early on it was critical of the government and several issues were prohibited from being published,[3] but after the High Treason Incident of 1910, it became more conservative and focused more on the changes in daily life.[4][5]

The editor-in-chief was Kitazawa Rakuten, the first professional cartoonist in Japan and considered the founding father of modern manga. The magazine was translated into English and Chinese and sold in not only Japan but also in the Korean peninsula, Mainland China, and Taiwan. Kitazawa Rakuten worked for the magazine[5] until 1912 when it was temporarily folded.[2] It was restarted in 1919, but permanently closed down in 1923.[2]

Woodblock print artist Senpan Maekawa worked as an illustrator for the magazine early in his career.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Frederik L. Schodt. (1983). Manga! Manga!: The World of Japanese Comics. Tokyo: Kodansha International.
  2. ^ a b c I-Wei Wu (2013). "Participating in Global Affairs: The Chinese Cartoon Monthly Shanghai Puck". In Hans Harder; Barbara Mittler (eds.). Asian Punches. Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer. p. 368. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-28607-0_12. ISBN 978-3-642-28606-3.
  3. ^ Gravett, Paul. Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics. New York, NY: Collins Design, 2003.
  4. ^ Miyamoto Hirohito; Jennifer Prough (December 2002). "The Formation of an Impure Genre—On the Origins of 'Manga". Review of Japanese Culture and Society. 14: 39–48. JSTOR 42800200.
  5. ^ a b Isao Shimizu. Manga Tanjō (Birth of Manga), ISBN 4-642-05475-8
  6. ^ Alicia Volk (17 October 2016). "Maekawa Senpan, Shitōchō 偲糖帖 (Remembered Sweets, 1945)". The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book: The Gerhard Pulverer Collection.
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