1st Edition

The Nine Magazines of Kodansha The Autobiography of a Japanese Publisher

By Seiji Noma Copyright 1934
356 Pages
by Routledge

356 Pages
by Routledge

356 Pages
by Routledge

The Nine Magazines of Kodansha (1934) is the autobiography of the Japanese publisher Seiji Noma, owner of the Kodan Company, publishing several million-selling magazines and a daily paper. Born in 1878, Noma grew up in that period of rapid transition which joined old and new Japan – the wearing of swords by samurai had only been banned two years before his birth. Hereditary social divisions... Read more

1. End of the Feudal Age: My Forebears and My Parents  2. A Boy at School and at Home  3. The Young Teacher Enthusiast  4. A Wayward Student  5. An Original Teacher  6. The Young Man in Tokyo  7. The Summer of Life in the Luchu Islands  8. Okinawa Morals and Manners  9. An Inspector of Education  10. My Struggles in Tokyo  11. Publication of Yuben, My First Magazine  12. My Second Magazine and Financial Difficulties  13. Dawn of Prosperity  14. The Making of a Business Man  15. Affluence  16. Technique  17. The Samurai Mother  18. The Great Earthquake  19. The King  20. The Nine Magazines of Kodansha  21. We Begin to Publish Books  22. A Daily Paper  23. Self-Examination: Aids to Success  24. Procrastination in Evil  25. The Future

Biography

Seiji Noma