Keiso Shobo
A publisher headquartered in Bunkyo, Tokyo. It publishes mainly books in the humanities and social sciences, such as philosophy, sociology, law, economics, and politics, and is known in particular for its many translations and studies of Anglo-American analytic philosophy. It was founded in 1948 in Ginza, Tokyo, as the publishing department of the Kanazawa department store Daiwa, and became independent as Keiso Shobo Co., Ltd. in 1970.
Origin of the name
"Keiso" means "strong grass" and comes from the phrase "the strong wind reveals the strong grass" (疾風知勁草) in the biography of Wang Ba in the Chinese classic Book of the Later Han. The phrase means that only when a fierce wind blows can one tell which grass is strong enough not to fall. The name was given by the philosopher Yoshishige Abe, then president of Gakushuin.
History
- April 12, 1948 — Founded in Ginza 7-chome, Tokyo, as the publishing department of Daiwa Co., Ltd., a Kanazawa department store. The founder was Juji Imura (1923–1988), grandson of Daiwa's founder
- 1949 — Began publishing the series Hogaku Fukyu Koza (lectures for popularizing law)
- 1970 — Twenty-two years after its founding, became independent as Keiso Shobo Co., Ltd.
The history on the official site states its principles as "publishing and spreading good books" and "for truth and freedom."
Major publications
They include Goro Hani's Toshi no Ronri (1968), Akira Asada's Kozo to Chikara (1983), the Collected Works of Takaaki Yoshimoto, Chizuko Ueno's Onna to Iu Kairaku, and Daisaburo Hashizume's Gengo Game to Shakai Riron.
To verify
- When and why the head office moved from Ginza to its present location in Suido, Bunkyo (the Daiwa Keiso Building)
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