Senki

Senki was a Japanese proletarian literary magazine published between May 1928 and December 1931.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

In March 1928 the {{illm|Japanese Proletarian Artists' Federation|ja|全日本無産者芸術連盟}} (Esperanto name: Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio, abbreviated NAPF, ナップ) was formed from a merger of the {{illm|Nihon Puroretaria Geijutsu Renmei|ja|日本プロレタリア芸術連盟}} (which was under the direction of the Japan Communist Party) and the {{illm|Zen'ei Geijutsu-ka Dōmei|ja|前衛芸術家同盟}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} The organization established Senki as the monthly organ and released its first issue in May of that year.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

The first issue of Senki was published in May 1928.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} In December of the same year, its publisher NAPF was reorganized as the Japan Congress of Proletarian Artists' Organizations (全日本無産者芸術団体協議会 Zen-Nihon Musansha Geijutsu Dantai Kyōgikai, also abbreviated NAPF){{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} and publication of Senki was taken over by the newly established Senki Company (戦旗社 Senki-sha).{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} The magazine was therefore transformed from the official magazine of NAPF into a general magazine of political education,{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} and in September of the following year the Senki Company became fully independent of NAPF.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

In November 1931, NAPF was liquidated in the creation of the {{illm|Japanese Proletarian Cultural Federation|ja|日本プロレタリア文化連盟}} (Federacio de Proletaj Kultur Organizoj Japanaj, abbreviated KOPF, コップ).{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} Publication of the magazine ceased with the December 1931 issue.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

Excluding issues that were banned by government censors, 43 issues of Senki entered print in the magazine's run.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} Supplements for a youth (Shōnen Senki 少年戦旗) and female audience (Fujin Senki 婦人戦旗) were also published.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} It suffered strict government censorship, and at the height of its popularity had a circulation of around 23,000.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

Several important works of Japan's proletarian literature movement first saw print in the pages of Senki, including:

• 1928 nen 3 gatsu 15 nichi (November and December 1928){{sfnm|1a1=Keene|1y=1998|1p=617}}
• Kani Kōsen (May and June 1929){{sfnm|1a1=Keene|1y=1998|1p=618}}
• Taiyō no nai Machi (June, July, August, September and November 1929){{sfnm|1a1=Ōtsuka|1y=1994}}

Reprints of Senki were published between 1976 and 1977 by the Senki Reprint Publication Society (戦旗復刻版刊行会 Senki Fukkoku-ban Kankō-kai).{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

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|publisher = Shogakukan

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