Kobunsha (光文社 Kōbunsha) is a Japanese publisher of literature and women's magazine. This article is concerned with the production of books, magazines, and other literary material (whether in printed or electronic formats). ... Literature is literally acquaintance with letters as in the first sense given in the Oxford English Dictionary (from the Latin littera meaning an individual written character (letter)). The term has generally come to identify a collection of texts, which in Western culture are mainly prose, both fiction and non-fiction... This is a list of womens magazines, magazines published primarily for a readership of women. ...

Kobunsha was established in October 1, 1945 and belongs to Kodansha group. October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Kodansha (講談社 Kōdansha) is a major Japanese publisher of literature and manga, headquartered in (Bunkyo), Tokyo. ...

Epochmaking women's magazine JJ, the earliest established women's magazine for college students in Japan, had seized an opportunity at their height. JJ is a fashion and lifestyle magazine published in Japan by Kobunsha. ...

Kobunsha currently publishes women's magazines such as JJ, Classy and JJ Bis.

Literary books and magazines published by Kobunsha

Women's magazines published by Kobunsha

• JJ
• Bis - a version of JJ magazine for a younger audience.
• Classy - a version of JJ magazine for an elder audience.
• Very
• Story
• Mart
• Josei Jishin

JJ is a fashion and lifestyle magazine published in Japan by Kobunsha. ... Bis is a magazine directed at teenaged schoolgirls, published in Japan by Kobunsha. ...

Other magazines published by Kobunsha

• Gainer
• Brio
• Flash
• VS.

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Magazines no longer published by Kobunsha

• Hoseki
• Shukan Hoseki

Series of literary books

• Kobunsha Bunko
• Kappa Novels
• Kobunsha Shinsho
• Kobunsha Paper Backs
• Chieno Mori Bunko
• Hinotama Game Series

See also

• JJ
• Kodansha

JJ is a fashion and lifestyle magazine published in Japan by Kobunsha. ... Kodansha (講談社 Kōdansha) is a major Japanese publisher of literature and manga, headquartered in (Bunkyo), Tokyo. ...

External links

• (Japanese) Kobunsha