I Draw Too - Shojo no Tomo Magazine

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Shojo no Tomo" was a magazine for girls published from 1908 to 1955, targeting girls around 17 years old, but it gained popularity as a highly educated and contemporary reading material and as a place for "presentation" and "exchange" among the girls who were its readers.

From the early Showa period to the middle of World War II, the magazine entered its golden age, and the key figure in this golden age was Motoi Uchiyama, who served as the 5th chief editor of the magazine. Traditionally, magazines for girls during the prewar and wartime period were considered as reading materials to foster good wives and wise mothers, expressing the ideal image of women as seen by male writers and painters. While this is of course true, the actual magazine was advocating a new way of being an independent woman for girls living in the new era.

In addition, Shojo no Tomo had a very extensive readers' contribution column, and there was a lot of interaction between readers and editors, as well as among readers. In addition, girls who were readers of the magazine sometimes went on to become painters and writers. This exhibition, held concurrently with "I Draw - Discovering Women Painters Through the Collection" will feature over 30 works from the collection of Motoi Uchiyama.

Venue: 1F Modern Art Gallery

Schedule

May 15 (Mon) 2023-Jul 6 (Thu) 2023