Ie no Hikari

Ie no Hikari
Categories Family magazine
Frequency Monthly
Publisher Ie no Hikari Association
Total circulation
(Oct. 2014 - Sept. 2015)
569,359
Year founded 1925
Country Japan
Based in Tokyo
Language Japanese
ISSN 649014893(Warning: Check ISSN)

Ie no Hikari (meaning Light in Home in English) is a monthly Japanese family magazine published in Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the oldest and best-selling magazines in the country. In addition, it is one of two most popular magazines in Japan during the mid-twentieth century, the other one being Kingu magazine.[1] Both are the first Japanese million-seller magazines.[2]

History and profile

Ie no Hikari was established in 1925.[3][4] Shimura Gentarō and Arimoto Hideo, leaders of the Industrial Cooperative, were instrumental in the foundation of the magazine.[1] At the initial period the magazine was controlled by the ministry of agriculture and forestry,[4] and was published by the Industrial Cooperative.[2] The magazine targets rural readers.[5] However, it has two versions, one for rural readers and one for urban readers.[6] It supports for agrarianism and features articles on home economics, children's stories and news.[4] During the 1930s it covered articles on Manchuria Crisis in parallel to the official views of the government.[4] In 1933 the magazine serialized a novel by Toyohiko Kagawa, Chichi to Mitsu no Nagaruru Sato (meaning A village where milk and honey flow in English).[7] It was about the implementation of cooperative insurance.[7]

The magazine is part of and published by Ie-No-Hikari Association, founded in 1944 as part of Central Industrial Union, which was later renamed as Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives.[3] The magazine has its headquarters in Tokyo.[8][9]

Circulation

During the last half of 1931 the circulation of Ie no Hikari was 150,000 copies which reached more than 500,000 copies by December 1933.[4] In 1935 the magazine was read by a million people in the country.[4] It managed to keep this rate until 1944.[4]

In 1994 the circulation of Ie no Hikari was 983,736 copies.[10]

Ie no Hikari had a circulation of 586,572 copies in 2010 and of 582,983 copies in 2011.[11] In 2012 it was the sole Japanese magazine enjoyed circulation of half a million copies.[12] It was the sixth best-selling magazine in Japan between October 2014 and September 2015 with a circulation of 569,359 copies.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mass Culture in Interwar Japan". Dissertation Reviews. 11 February 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 Amy Bliss Marshall (October 2013). "Devouring Japan: Proposal" (PDF). University of Texas. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ie-No-Hikari Association". International Co-operative Alliance. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sandra Wilson (27 August 2003). The Manchurian Crisis and Japanese Society, 1931-33. Routledge. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-134-53204-9. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  5. Sharalyn Orbaugh (1 December 2006). Japanese Fiction of the Allied Occupation: Vision, Embodiment, Identity. BRILL. p. 237. ISBN 978-90-474-1166-6.
  6. Miriam Rom Silverberg (2007). Erotic Grotesque (PDF). University of California Press, Ltd. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Cooperative Insurance Business in Japan" (PDF). Japan Cooperative Insurance Association Incorporated. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  8. "Publications". Books from Japan. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  9. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis. 2004. p. 2357. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 30 April 2016.
  10. "Top paid-circulation consumer magazines". Ad Age. 17 April 1995. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
  11. "Top 20 Magazines by ABC Circulation" (PDF). Nikkei. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  12. Mark Schreiber (13 January 2013). "Magazines struggle to maintain relevance". Japan Times. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  13. "10 Most Printed Magazines in Japan, 2015". Hatena Blog. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
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