{{Short description|Japanese proletarian literary magazine}} {{italic title}} {{Infobox magazine | title = Senki<br>戦旗 | logo = Logo Senki 1929.svg | image_caption = | editor = Seizaburō Yamada (1928–1930) | editor2 = Shigeji Tsuboi (1930) | editor3 = Takeo Ueno (1930–1931) | category = Proletarian literature | frequency = Monthly | circulation = 26,000 ({{circa|1930)}} | firstdate = {{start date|1928|5|1|df=y}} | finaldate = December 30, 1931 | company = Senki Company | country = Empire of Japan | language = Japanese }} thumb|Senki '''''Senki''''' (戦旗, "Battle Flag") was a Japanese proletarian literary magazine in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

== Overview == ''Senki'' was a Japanese proletarian literary magazine published between May 1928 and December 1931.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

== Background == In March 1928 the {{illm|Japanese Proletarian Artists' Federation|ja|全日本無産者芸術連盟}} (Esperanto name: Nippona Artista Proleta Federacio, abbreviated NAPF, ナップ) was formed from a merger of the {{illm|Nihon Puroretaria Geijutsu Renmei|ja|日本プロレタリア芸術連盟}} (which was under the direction of the Japan Communist Party) and the {{illm|Zen'ei Geijutsu-ka Dōmei|ja|前衛芸術家同盟}}.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} The organization established ''Senki'' as the monthly organ and released its first issue in May of that year.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

== Publication history == The first issue of ''Senki'' was published in May 1928.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} In December of the same year, its publisher NAPF was reorganized as the Japan Congress of Proletarian Artists' Organizations (全日本無産者芸術団体協議会 ''Zen-Nihon Musansha Geijutsu Dantai Kyōgikai'', also abbreviated NAPF){{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} and publication of ''Senki'' was taken over by the newly established Senki Company (戦旗社 ''Senki-sha'').{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} The magazine was therefore transformed from the official magazine of NAPF into a general magazine of political education,{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} and in September of the following year the Senki Company became fully independent of NAPF.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

In November 1931, NAPF was liquidated in the creation of the {{illm|Japanese Proletarian Cultural Federation|ja|日本プロレタリア文化連盟}} (Federacio de Proletaj Kultur Organizoj Japanaj, abbreviated KOPF, コップ).{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} Publication of the magazine ceased with the December 1931 issue.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

Excluding issues that were banned by government censors, 43 issues of ''Senki'' entered print in the magazine's run.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} Supplements for a youth (''Shōnen Senki'' 少年戦旗) and female audience (''Fujin Senki'' 婦人戦旗) were also published.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}} It suffered strict government censorship, and at the height of its popularity had a circulation of around 23,000.{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

=== Notable works === Several important works of Japan's proletarian literature movement first saw print in the pages of ''Senki'', including: *''1928 nen 3 gatsu 15 nichi'' (November and December 1928){{sfnm|1a1=Keene|1y=1998|1p=617}} *''Kani Kōsen'' (May and June 1929){{sfnm|1a1=Keene|1y=1998|1p=618}} *''Taiyō no nai Machi'' (June, July, August, September and November 1929){{sfnm|1a1=Ōtsuka|1y=1994}}

== Reception and legacy == Reprints of ''Senki'' were published between 1976 and 1977 by the ''Senki'' Reprint Publication Society (戦旗復刻版刊行会 ''Senki Fukkoku-ban Kankō-kai'').{{sfnm|1a1=Sofue|1y=1994}}

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== Works cited == {{Refbegin|colwidth=40em}} * {{cite book|first=Donald |last=Keene |authorlink = Donald Keene |year = 1998 |title=A History of Japanese Literature, Vol. 3: Dawn to the West – Japanese Literature of the Modern Era (Fiction) |publisher = Columbia University Press |location = New York, NY |edition = paperback |orig-year = 1984 |isbn = 978-0-231-11435-6}} * {{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia = Encyclopedia Nipponica |first=Hiroshi <!-- 大塚博 --> |last=Ōtsuka |title= Taiyō no nai Machi |script-title = ja:太陽のない街 |language = japanese |year= 1994 |publisher = Shogakukan |url = https://kotobank.jp/word/太陽のない街-92170#E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E5.85.A8.E6.9B.B8.28.E3.83.8B.E3.83.83.E3.83.9D.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.29 |accessdate = 2017-11-23 }} * {{cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia = Encyclopedia Nipponica |last = Sofue |first = Shōji<!-- http://fuhou-shinbun.com/goner/okuyami5895.html --> |title = Senki |script-title = ja:戦旗 |language = japanese |year = 1994 |publisher = Shogakukan |url = https://kotobank.jp/word/戦旗-88076#E6.97.A5.E6.9C.AC.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E5.85.A8.E6.9B.B8.28.E3.83.8B.E3.83.83.E3.83.9D.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.29 |accessdate = 2017-11-23 }} {{Refend}}

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