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大阪大学大学院人文学研究科紀要. 2025, 2, p. 95-119

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2025-03

Girls’ magazines from the late Meiji and Taisho periods typically present exemplary images of girls through the publication of biographies. The monthly girls’ magazine Shin Shojo (New Girl), published from 1915 to 1919 by Fujin-no-Tomo-sha and founded by Motoko Hani (1873–1957), was a magazine that actively published biographies. This magazine actively introduced Western culture, and most biographies of women published in Shin Shojo were also those of Western women. This paper focuses on the biographies of women published in “Shin Shojo,” particularly those written by Motoko Hani and Unshu Matsumoto (1882-1948). In Japan, biographies of Western women in the form of serials began to be published after the publication of “Taisei retsujo den” in 1876, and many lives and episodes of Western women were introduced until the end of the Meiji period. In “Shin Shojo,” Motoko Hani serialized Joan of Arc, who had been frequently introduced in Japan in the past, for five issues in 1915. In her other articles in Shin Shojo, Hani reiterated the lesson that readers should ponder for themselves. In the biography of Joan of Arc, Hani focused on the thought and actions of Joan, with scenes of Joan confronting and reflecting on her inner self. From February 1916 onward, “Sekai Rekishi Monogatari (World History Stories)” by Unshu Matsumoto began to appear in serial form, where the life and episodes of a different woman in each issue were introduced. Some of them were well-known women who had been featured in numerous biographical collections by then, such as St. Monica, Margaret Roper, and Isabella I of Castile. Additionally, some women who were active in the late 19th century and likely to be unknown in Japan at the time were featured, for example, Dorothea Dix and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Their devotion to their families as mothers, daughters, and sisters, as well as their devotion to others were typically portrayed. Additionally, their qualities and actions as virtuous persons, politicians, and social activists were presented. This paper introduces and organizes these Western women biographies published in Shin Shojo and discusses their relationship with the view of girls presented in the magazine.

10.18910/100804

100804

大正初期の少女雑誌『新少女』における西洋の女性の伝記

渡辺, 貴規子

大阪大学大学院人文学研究科

Japanese

2025-03

大阪大学大学院人文学研究科紀要

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95

119

https://hdl.handle.net/11094/100804

10.18910/100804

https://doi.org/10.18910/100804