Kiyoshi Kawakami

Journalist and critic. His pen name was Suiryo. He was born into a family of samurai in the Yamagata Yonezawa domain. After studying at a domain school, he moved to Tokyo and studied hard at the Law School, the National English Association, and Keio Gijuku. He joined the Yorozuchoho newspaper. His colleagues included Kōtoku Shūsui, and he gradually became sympathetic to socialist ideas. He was particularly influenced by economist Tajima Kinji (1867-1934). He helped edit the magazine Labor World, and contributed many essays to Chuokoron, Taiyo, and other publications. In 1900 (Meiji 33), he joined the Socialist Association. In 1901, he also helped found the Social Democratic Party. In July of the same year, he left Yorozuchoho and went to America. After that, he wrote commentaries on international affairs under the pen name Carl Kiyoshi, contributed to magazines in the United States and the United Kingdom, and also worked as a US-based journalist for the Jiji Shimpo and the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun.

[Teruo Ariyama]

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新聞記者、評論家。号は翠陵。山形米沢藩士の家に生まれる。藩校に学んだのち上京、法学院、国民英学会、慶応義塾などで苦学。『萬朝報(よろずちょうほう)』に入社する。同僚に幸徳秋水(こうとくしゅうすい)らがおり、しだいに社会主義思想に共鳴するようになった。とくに経済学者田島錦治(きんじ)（1867―1934）の影響を強く受けたという。『労働世界』の編集に協力したほか、『中央公論』『太陽』などに多くの論文を寄稿した。1900年（明治33）社会主義協会に参加。1901年社会民主党創立にも加わった。同年7月、萬朝報社を退社し、アメリカに渡る。以後はカール・キヨシの筆名で国際情勢などを評論し、アメリカやイギリスの雑誌に寄稿したほか、『時事新報』や『大阪毎日新聞』の駐米記者も務めた。

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