Taiyō (太陽; The Sun) was a literary and general interest magazine that existed between 1895 and 1928 which covered the Meiji and Taishō eras.

[1] Therefore, the magazine featured translations of the work by major figures of these literary approaches, including Edgar Allan Poe, Gustave Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant, Mark Twain, Maurice Maeterlinck and Leo Tolstoy.

[1] Major naturalist Japanese authors of which works were published in the magazine were Tokuda Shūsei, Tayama Katai and Shimazaki Tōson.

[8] It was entitled Hanazono Zuihitsu (Japanese: Scribblings from a Flower Garden), and she used her real name, Kozai Toyoko, in the column.

[4][11] The magazine frequently covered articles about the Ottoman Empire which were accompanied with photographs and illustrations.