''Bōken sekai'' (

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

: ''Adventure World'') was a boys' adventure magazine which was started during the late

Meiji period The was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal society at risk of colonizatio ...

in Japan. It was headquartered in Tokyo and existed between 1908 and 1920.

History and profile

''Bōken sekai'' was established in 1908. In the first issue the magazine stated its objective as “to tell exciting stories from throughout the world that will not only inspire a spirit of daring, courage, and sincerity, but eliminate all those runts who are weak, corrupt, and decadent.” It was part of the Hakubunkan Publications and was based in Tokyo. The magazine targeted male students and featured historical heroes and

adventure novel Adventure fiction is a type of fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement. Some adventure fiction also satisfies the literary definition of romance fiction. History In the introduction to the ''Encycloped ...

s. It frequently covered literary work about Japan's victory in the

Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 – 5 September 1905) was fought between the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan over rival imperial ambitions in Manchuria and the Korean Empire. The major land battles of the war were fought on the ...

as well as about fantastic adventures around the world. Shunro Oshikawa was the founding

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of ''Bōken sekai''. He was replaced by Tenpu Abe in the post in 1911, and Abe's term ended in 1917. The magazine ceased publication in 1920.

References

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