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[Mita-hyoron (official monthly journal published by Keio University Press) and Showa 100] Mita-hyoron (official monthly journal published by Keio University Press) and Showa 100 as Seen on the Covers

Publish: June 05, 2025

In the year marking the 100th year of the Showa era, this magazine reached its 1,300th issue with the current issue (June 2025). We would like to introduce several covers that graced the Showa era. Please view them along with the reprinted articles (refer to "Mita-hyoron (official monthly journal published by Keio University Press) and Showa 100: On the Occasion of Transcribing and Reprinting Past Articles").

January 1927 Issue (No. 353) / The first issue of the Showa era. The covers during President Hayashi's tenure followed this design.
February 1935 Issue (No. 450) / The cover was designed by Western-style painter Sadao Tsubaki. Tsubaki taught as an art teacher at the Yochisha Elementary School from the early Showa years.
August 1936 Special Issue (No. 468) / The cover features a bird's-eye view of the basic design for the Mita Campus by Sone Chujo Architects. The laboratory building in the lower left was never completed.
January 1938 Issue (No. 485) / The cover features a landscape of Mita by Shintaro Suzuki. For several years thereafter, Suzuki's colorful landscapes of Mita would brilliantly decorate the covers.
October/November 1943 Combined Issue (No. 549) / The final pre-war issue. In a complete reversal from the brilliance of a few years prior, the cover is extremely simple and the paper quality is poor.
October 1951 Republication Issue (No. 550) / The memorable first issue of the republication. The title lettering is by Sei'ichiro Takahashi. Total of 64 pages.
November/December 1962 Combined Issue (No. 610) / For a while after the war, many covers featured photographs. Although it became a monthly publication in 1961, combined issues were still seen.
January 1989 Issue (No. 899) / The final issue of the Showa era. The cover art by Seiji Fujishiro began in the October 1966 issue and served as the face of this magazine.

Please read the transcribed and reprinted articles here.

Ideological Independence (Kiroku Hayashi).pdf

In Praise of Ordinariness (Ichizo Kobayashi).pdf

On the National Mita-kai (Gitaro Sakamura).pdf

Ware Yori Koreshi o Nasu (To Create History from Oneself) — Fujiwara Institute of Technology Entrance Ceremony Address (Shinzo Koizumi).pdf

To Those Aspiring to Enter the Juku (Kōji Ushioda).pdf

Student Sports and the Athletic Association (Tadao Ishikawa).pdf

A New Perspective on Tuition — A Proposal for a Tuition Coupon System (Yoshito Chikusa).pdf

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