Heibonsha
Sign in to saveHeibonsha (平凡社) is a Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, which publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries and books in the fields of science and philosophy. Since 1945 it has also published books on art and literature. Similarly to the Iwanami Shoten and the Chikuma Shobō publishing houses, its publishing program is directed primarily at an academic audience and features well-illustrated publications.
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Heibonsha is referenced by 140 other articles, and connects out to Tokyo, Japanese and World War II.
It sits within the topics Book publishing companies in Tokyo, Japanese companies established in 1914 and Japanese encyclopedias.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- publishing house
- Country
- Japan
- Headquarters
- Jinbōchō
- Legal form
- kabushiki gaisha
- Official website
- www.heibonsha.co.jp
Show 2 more facts
- inception
- 1914-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- History
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
Heibonsha (平凡社) is a Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, which publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries and books in the fields of science and philosophy. Since 1945 it has also published books on art and literature. Similarly to the Iwanami Shoten and the Chikuma Shobō publishing houses, its publishing program is directed primarily at an academic audience and features well-illustrated publications.
Heibonsha's head office is at 3-29 Kanda-jinbocho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0051.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heibonsha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.