![]() During the 30s she traveled around many of the holdings of the Empire of Japan. In pre-war Japan Yoshiya Nobuko was published prolifically in the girls magazines of the time, establishing herself as a popular author. Many familiar tropes can be found in her works, such as piano duets, all girl boarding schools, dormitories, and of course flowers. I don’t want to give of the impression that she was singularly responsible for the rise of these genres, in truth there was a vast network of creators in this space, but I find this whole background fascinating.Īs noted in this video, the history of these genres often begins with Yoshiya not because she was the first or only person to write about emotional and romantic bonds between women but because her writing standardized the way these stories were read, talked about, and understood. Yoshiya was one of Japan’s most commercially successful writers, and is often noted as a forerunner of the s hojo and yuri genres. With particular attention being paid to the story Yellow Rose ( Kibara). ![]() In particular, her Flower Stories or Hana Monogatari a collection of tales that were published in the magazine Shojo Gaho between 1916-1924. In this edition of Media Bug we are looking at the work of Yoshiya Nobuko (1896-1973). So to everyone out there stay warm and stay safe. Winter might almost be over but it’s chill is still clinging on, and I for one am not quite ready to abandon my heaters just yet. ![]()
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