(婦人画報; ''Illustrated Women's Gazette'') is a Japanese language monthly

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in Japan. Founded in 1905, it is one of the oldest magazines in the country.

History and profile

was established in 1905. The founder was a Japanese novelist,

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, and the founding publisher was Tokyosha. The first issue appeared in July 1905. Later it began to be published by Fujin Gahosha, which is still the publisher. During

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the magazine was temporarily closed down, and in 1946 it was restarted. One of the previous owners of was a French media group,

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. The company acquired the publisher of the magazine, Fujin Gaho co., in 1998. The publisher is Fujin Gaho co., a

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subsidiary. It is published on a monthly basis. The magazine targets women over 40, who are wealthy, leisured upper-class housewife and who are married. It covers

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trends from Japan and other countries. Tetsuzō Tanikawa is one of the former

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s of . In 2012 the circulation of was 79,117 copies.

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