<0xE8> <0x81> <0x9E> ), ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁ ▁New sp apers ▁at ▁this ▁time ▁can ▁be ▁divided ▁into ▁two ▁types , ▁ Ō sh in b un ▁( 大 新 <0xE8> <0x81> <0x9E> , ▁" large ▁newsp apers ") ▁and ▁k osh in b un ▁( 小 新 <0xE8> <0x81> <0x9E> , ▁" small ▁newsp apers "). ▁People ▁commonly ▁referred ▁to ▁ Ō sh in b un ▁as ▁" polit ical ▁for ums " ▁because ▁these ▁papers ▁were ▁in ext ric ably ▁tied ▁to ▁the ▁Popular ▁Rights ▁Mov ement ▁( 自 由 民 <0xE6> <0xA8> <0xA9> <0xE9> <0x81> <0x8B> 動 , ▁" J iy ū ▁m ink en ▁und ō ") ▁and ▁its ▁dem ands ▁for ▁establish ing ▁a ▁Diet . ▁After ▁the ▁government ' s ▁official ▁announ cement ▁of ▁the ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Diet , ▁these ▁newsp apers , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Y ok oh ama ▁Main ichi ▁Shin b un ▁and ▁the ▁Ch ū g ai ▁sh in b un , ▁became ▁org ans ▁of ▁the ▁political ▁parties . ▁The ▁early ▁readers ▁of ▁these ▁newsp apers ▁mostly ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁ranks ▁of ▁the ▁former ▁sam ur ai ▁class . ▁ ▁K osh in b un , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁were ▁more ▁ple be ian , ▁popular ▁newsp apers ▁that ▁contained ▁local ▁news , ▁human ▁interest ▁stories , ▁and ▁light ▁fiction . ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁k osh in b un ▁were ▁the ▁Tokyo ▁nich in ichi ▁sh in b un ▁( 東 京 日