was a Japanese

literary magazine A literary magazine is a periodical devoted to literature in a broad sense. Literary magazines usually publish short stories, poetry, and essays, along with literary criticism, book reviews, biographical profiles of authors, interviews and letter ...

active from 1908 to 1997.

History and profile

''Araragi'' was established by

Itō Sachio was the pen-name of , a Japanese ''tanka'' poet and novelist active during the Meiji period of Japan. Biography Itō was born in what is now Sanmu city, Chiba prefecture, as the younger son to a farming family. He attended the ''Meiji Hōritsu ...

in 1908. He was also the

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of the magazine until his death in 1913. Shimagi Akahiko was the next editor of the magazine. it was a leading magazine of ''

tanka is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. Etymology Originally, in the time of the ''Man'yōshū'' (latter half of the eighth century AD), the term ''tanka'' was used to distinguish "short poem ...

'' (short poems). A group of poets who contributed to the magazine has come to be known as the Araragi school. In the

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, ''Araragi'' continued to publish, and was shut down in December 1997.

Contributors

Mokichi Saito Mokichi (written: ) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese religious leader *, Japanese poet {{given name Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names ...

Sachio Ito Sachio (written: 祥雄, 幸生, 幸夫, 倖生 or 左千夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, pen-name of Itō Kōjirō, Japanese poet and writer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese architect *, Jap ...

References

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