Nippon
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Nippon
Founded in 1934 by Yōnosuke Natori, Nippon is a quarterly magazine intended to promote Japanese culture in the western world. It was published until 1944 in English, French, German, and Spanish. It represents the daily life and events in pre-war Japan.
Yōnosuke Natori
Yōnosuke Natori (名取 洋之助 Natori Yōnosuke) was born on September 3, 1910 in Tokyo. He attended school at Keio and after graduation joined his mother in Munich. There, he studied arts and crafts. He became interested in photography and in 1931 began to work as a photographer for Ullstein. After covering the 1933 Mukden Incident in Manchuria, Natori returned to Japan and after one failed attempt set up the magazine Nippon. After attending the 1936 Berlin Olympics he traveled to the U.S. where some of his photographs were published by Life magazine. Natori became the first Japanese photographer to be contracted by that magazine.
During the years of World War II, Natori returned to Japan and Japanese-controlled China to work on propaganda such as Shanghai and Canton.
After the war, Natori set up Shūkan San Nyūsu (Weekly Sun News) in the image of Life and other western magazines. After only two years, the publication stopped and Natori became an editor and photographer for Iwanami Shashin Bunko. Much of Natori's later life was spent traveling to various places outside Japan. He passed away on November 23, 1962 in Tokyo.
Library Holdings
At the Ohio State University, issues of Nippon can be found in the Oversize Books section of Thompson Library on the 4th floor, call number DS801 .N56. Other libraries with copies of any issues of Nippon can be viewed at WorldCat, 51023886.
Listing of Nippon Issues
1934
Issue 1 Fall 1934
