There are 200 issues of 中國青年 1923-1949 on Internet Archive to read or download. archive.org/search?query...
Moss on Stone
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Mostly post links to primary sources on East Asian history. A big fan of the internet archive and its amazing collections. moss-on-stone at protonmail dot com.
There are 28 issues of the Chinese women’s magazine 女聲 (1942-1944) on Internet Archive which was a Japanese controlled propaganda magazine in occupied Shanghai edited in turn by two fascinating figures: the Japanese feminist writer 田村俊子 and the CCP underground agent 關露. archive.org/search?query...
There are 163 issues of the Chinese women’s rights journal 婦女共鳴 (1929-1944) on Internet Archive to read or download as PDFs. archive.org/search?query...
遠東畫報 1940-2 was a Shanghai Nazi German propaganda magazine published in Chinese. There are almost 50 issues of it on Internet Archive to read or download. archive.org/search?query...
There are nearly 100 issues of the Japanese-occupation period Chinese periodical 新民报半月刊 1939-43 on Internet Archive to read or download as PDFs. archive.org/details/xinm...
The summer issues from 1942 are a little different from the others, featuring a woman from Bali (L) and Tibet (R). archive.org/details/funu... archive.org/details/funu...
There are over 50 issues of the 1940-1945 Chinese language journal 婦女雜誌 on Internet Archive to read or download as PDFs. This was a pro-Japanese propaganda magazine produced in Beiping during the Japanese occupation. archive.org/search?query...
There are over 90 issues of 新民叢報, 1902-6 on Internet Archive to read or download as PDFs. Only some issues have dates in the metadata. archive.org/search?query...
There are over 300 issues of the travel magazine 旅行雜誌 (1927-1953) on the Internet Archive to read or download as PDFs. archive.org/search?query...
There are almost 100 issues of 廣播週報 (most 1930s) on the Internet Archive for viewing or PDF download. In addition to its other articles, interesting to explore its radio broadcast schedules. archive.org/search?query...
There are over 400 issues of the important Shanghai weekly 生活 (1925-33) on the Internet Archive for reading and PDF download. archive.org/search?query...
The March, 1940 issue of 主婦之友 (The Housewife's Friend) is on Internet Archive to read or download. Explore this key household magazine during Japan's full-scale invasion of China, but still before Japan's southern advance in 1941. 1/6 archive.org/details/shuf...
I created a simple vibe-coded cross-platform app "Grimmia" (open source and public domain) to help fans of @archive.org search, download, and upload. Read more and download here: github.com/moss-on-ston... The app is not signed, so do read the install instructions for help with install warnings.
There are 353 issues of 中央公論, 1900-1930 on the Internet Archive to read or download. Together with 改造, many issues of which are also on IA, this is likely the most frequently cited periodical in historical scholarship on modern Japan up to 1945. archive.org/search?query... 1/8
The 27 issues of the important Taishō period Japanese journal 近代思想 ("Modern Thought"), 1912-1916 are on the Internet Archive to read or download. This was co-edited by the Japanese anarchist Ōsugi Sakae (大杉栄), killed by military police in the Amakasu incident, 1923. 1/2 archive.org/search?query...
There are five english annual supplements for the Osaka Aashi from 1927 to 1931 on the Internet Archive to read or download. Rich sources for students of Japanese history to browse. archive.org/search?query...
The pre-1945 Japanese magazine with the highest recorded circulation numbers is キング ("King"), a mass periodical aimed at a very wide readership. There are 13 issues of the overseas edition on Internet Archive to read or download. Would be great to see more there. archive.org/search?query...
There are 59 issue of the Japanese journal 光, 1919-1926 on Internet Archive, the organ for the spiritual & humanitarian organization Ittōen. The journal includes many pieces by later founder of the new religion 生長の家, but also four articles by philosophers 西田幾多郎 and 和辻哲郎. archive.org/search?query...
There are 23 issues of the journal 種蒔く人 (La Semanto), 1921-1923 which is a key periodical in the emergence of the proletarian literature movement. It is a predecessor to the journal 文芸戦線. archive.org/search?query...
There are 36 issues of the important women's literary journal 女人芸術, 1928-30, on Internet Archive to read and download. Several important feminist, socialist, and anarchist writers contributed to the journal which follows in the footsteps of 青鞜 and 番紅花 (both on IA). archive.org/search?query...
There are 18 issues of the short-lived leftist journal 『大衆』, 1926-8 which preceded the formation of the『労農』on the Internet Archive to read and download. archive.org/search?query...
There are over 150 issues of the Japanese general interest magazine『改造』 1919-1930 on the Internet Archive to read or download. This is one of the most important historical periodicals for the study of modern Japan. archive.org/search?query...
All six issues of the 1914 Japanese women's literary journal 番紅花 ("Saffron") are on Internet Archive to read or download. Founded by 青鞜 member and important figure in the queer feminist history of Japan, Otake Beniyoshi (Otake Kazue, Otake Kōkichi, Tomimoto Kazue). 1/2 archive.org/search?query...
There are 45 issues of the women's magazine 新女界, 1909-1912 on the Internet Archive to read or download. This was published by the Hongō church, which a number of famous Christian socialists, anarchists, and other interesting figures were members of. 1/2 archive.org/search?query...
There are 14 issues of the Japanese correspondence education journal for women 通信女学講義錄, 1887-8 on Internet Archive to read and download: archive.org/search?query... There are also 21 issues of the Japanese women's magazine 文明之母 1889-90 on Internet Archive: archive.org/search?query...
There are 68 issues of one of the earliest Japanese periodicals for women, 女學樷誌 ("The Ladies' Journal of Education"), 1885-1887 on Internet Archive to read or download. archive.org/search?query...
There are over 250 issues of the Japanese women’s periodical 愛国婦人, 1902-1912 on the Internet Archive to read or download. There are now over 3,000 issues of Japanese women’s magazines on IA. archive.org/search?query...
Three important sources for the study of colonial Korean history are available on Internet Archive to read or download: 京城日報 (11,437 issues) 1905-1944 archive.org/details/kjnp... 東亞日報 (10,255 issues) 1920-1950 archive.org/details/tong... 朝鮮日報 (10,301 issues) 1920-1950 archive.org/details/chos...
There are over 380 issues of the Japanese journal 婦人衞生雜誌, 1888-1926 on Internet Archive to read or download. This is a key source in the study of the rise of modern concept of hygiene in Japan and a turn to a focus on women's bodies in public health. archive.org/search?query...
Two of the most useful sources for Taiwanese colonial history are the Japanese periodicals 台湾時報 & 台湾日日新報. Many issues of both can be read/downloaded from Internet Archive. 台湾時報 1919-1928, 1935-1939 (138 issues) archive.org/search?query... 台湾日日新報 1932-1944 (3,772 issues) archive.org/details/twnn...