About the publisher
Heibonsha
Tokyo · Culture & reference · Since 1914
Heibonsha is a publishing house in Tokyo. Shimonaka Yasaburo founded it in 1914 to sell his own small dictionary. It became known for encyclopedias, including a 28-volume encyclopedia in 1931 and the World Encyclopedia in 1955. In 1963 it started Taiyo, the first full-scale graphic magazine in Japan, and the Toyo Bunko series. Later series include Heibonsha Library in 1993, Corona Books in 1994 and Heibonsha Shinsho in 1999. In 1996 it published a 20-volume complete photography collection of Nobuyoshi Araki. The company marked its 100th anniversary in 2014. Its office is in Kanda Jinbocho, Chiyoda, Tokyo.
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