Bōken sekai (Japanese: Adventure World) was a boys' adventure magazine which was started during the late Meiji period in Japan.
[1][2] In the first issue the magazine stated its objective as “to tell exciting stories from throughout the world that will not only inspire a spirit of daring, courage, and sincerity, but eliminate all those runts who are weak, corrupt, and decadent.”[3] It was part of the Hakubunkan Publications[4] and was based in Tokyo.
[5] The magazine targeted male students and featured historical heroes and adventure novels.
[1] It frequently covered literary work about Japan's victory in the Russo-Japanese War as well as about fantastic adventures around the world.
[2] Shunro Oshikawa was the founding editor-in-chief of Bōken sekai.