Doyōbi
Japanese weekly newspaper
The Doyōbi (Japanese: 土曜日, pronounced [dojoːbi]) was an anti-fascist newspaper published in Kyoto, Japan, from July 1936 to November 1937. The Doyōbi ("Saturday") was named after the Vendredi ("Friday"), an organ of the French Popular Front. Katsuo Nose (1894–1979), Masakazu Nakai (1900–1952) and Kaname Hayashi (1894–1991), who were popular academics in Kyoto, were responsible for the editing, while Raitaro Saito (1903–1997), a film actor, managed the finances and advertisements by sponsors.
The Doyōbi was a six-page tabloid-size newspaper. The cover page consisted of an illustration by Kenzo Itani (1902–1970) and an editorial opinion from Nakai, Nose or another editor.
When a straight gray railroad cut across a beautiful stream with shallows, sweet flowers and small killifishes swimming, Ruskin shuddered with the feeling as if all past things familiar to human beings were cut off diagonally. At that time, however, Tennyson's response was that the arts can cover the railroad bank as nature can cover it with flowers.
These flowers blooming on the railroad have not needed great strength but they have only kept meeting continuous daily needs.
By not abandoning to live here and to be here, by not relinquishing to criticism, by only this way, all gray railroads can be covered with flowers.
Apart from the cover page, one page was reserved for movie information, while the remaining four pages were filled by columns about culture, women and entertainment.
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