Fujin no Tomo

The magazine was founded in 1903 by Yoshikazu and Hani Motoko, under the name Katei no Tomo (Japanese: The Family Friend).^[2] In 1908 it was renamed as Fujin no Tomo.^[2][3] Hani Motoko also served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine which targets housewives.^[4] The readers were primarily the middle-class women living in the newly established urban centres.^[4] The original goal was to make the status of women much better which reflected the Christian liberal views of the magazine founder Hani Motoko.^[5] The magazine has mostly covered articles which aim to provide practical help them in daily life.^[6][4] It has also published annual accounting book for families which introduced accounting to the modern Japanese families.^[4]

Abe Isoo was among the contributors of Fujin no Tomo^[3] which is published on a monthly basis.^[7]

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