was a writers' society in

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, chiefly led by Ozaki Kōyō. Ozaki founded the group with and Maruoka Kyūka. Its other members included Kawakami Bizan,

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, and Hirotsu Ryurō. The group's magazine, , launched in 1885, was the first Japanese journal to focus on literature. It ceased publication in October 1889.

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