Shigarami Zoshi (The Weir), a literary journal founded by such intellectuals, as Mori Ogai in 1889, saw wide distribution until Mori’s departure to the Sino-Japanese front in 1894. The journal, with its large distribution, sought to revitalize Japanese literature with particular emphasis on naturalism and Romanticism.
See also WAR LITERATURE.
Historical dictionary of modern Japanese literature and theater. J. Scott Miller. 2009.