Jiji Manga 331

Jiji Manga 331

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Cover page of Jiji Manga 331, January 1, 1928
Cover page of Jiji Manga 331, January 1, 1928

January 1, 1928 Comparing the Year of the Earth Dragon in the Meiji and Showa Eras (明治戊辰と昭和戊辰の對照) 

時事漫画 / 主筆 北澤樂天, 編輯 稲天, 拔天, 久夫 稠

昭和 三年 (1928年) 一月 一日

時事新報 附錄 (日曜畵報 第 三百三十一 號)

Call No. PN6790.J32 J55 at Cartoon Library & Museum

Transcription of Contents

  1. 明治戊辰と昭和戊辰の對照 - 明治戌辰には男がチヨン髷を切つた. 明治戌辰にはMOB (胡氏)を征伐した. 昭和戌辰には女が髮を切る. 昭和戌辰にはBOB (斷髮)を征伐せよ. (political cartoon by 樂天)

  2. 漫聲亂發 (text by 樂珍)

  3. 微笑詩 (text by 櫻)

  4. 初夢 (cartoon by 信天)

  5. 懸賞十字語判斷新題 (puzzle)

  6. 謹賀新年 (text)

  7. 新案十六むさし (puzzle)

  8. 紙上漫畫展覽會 (cartoon)

  9. 紙上漫畫展覽會會場 (cartoon)

  10. 今年の恵方川崎大師漫画行 (text by 小川)

  11. 東京軒新春料理 (cartoon by 暢天)

  12. 漫畫になりそうな話 (text by ストー)

  13. 初春おなぐさみ繪はんじ (cartoon)

  14. 新案十六むさし五種 (cartoon)

Key words, alternate romanizations, translations

  • Kitazawa, Rakuten (北沢楽天 1876-1955), Ogawa Takeshi (小川筍)

  • Meiji Era

  • Showa Era

  • Hair styles

  • Year of the Dragon; Earth Dragon

  • New years

  • Cartoon Exhibition

Related and contextual resources

  • Juroku Musashi and other Japanese New Year’s Games: Juroku Musashi (“sixteen knights”) is a game traditionally played on New Years in which one player controls sixteen pawns on a board constructed of diagonally-cut squares and tries to capture the other opponent’s pawn

  • Boshin War: civil war fought in Japan in 1868

    • 1968 was a Year of the Earth Dragon, like 1928, drawing comparisons in this issue.

  • Kawasaki Daishi

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