Kutsumi Warabi Village - Kutsumi Kesson

Japanese: 久津見蕨村 - くつみ・けっそん

Year of death: August 7, 1925
Year of birth: 14th November 1860 (5th February 1860)
Journalist and thinker of the Meiji period. His real name was Ikutada. He was born in Edo. His father was Matasuke, a cavalry commander for the shogunate, and his mother was Aiko. Due to the chaos of the Meiji Restoration, he was unable to receive a formal education, learning archery and horse riding from his father, Chinese classics from his mother, and English from an American missionary, as well as studying law and philosophy on his own. In 1879, he passed the examination to become a licensed lawyer. In 1882, he became an editorial and translator for the Toyo Shimpo. In 1897, he moved to Yorozu Chosho, and later served as editor-in-chief for the Nagano Nichi Nichi Shimbun, Hakodate Mainichi Shimbun, Nagano Shimpo, and Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun. He was also well versed in the philosophy of Nietzsche and others, and was known as a free thinker and rationalist. His book Anarchism, published in 1904, was banned. <Works> Kutsumi Warabisonshu

(Mitsuo Igawa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：大正14.8.7(1925)
生年：万延1.1.14(1860.2.5)
明治時代のジャーナリスト,思想家。本名は息忠。江戸生まれ。父は幕府の騎兵指図役の又助。母は愛子。明治維新の混乱で正規の教育は受けられず,父に弓馬を,母に漢籍を,米人宣教師に英語を学んだほか,法律・哲学を自修した。明治12(1879)年,代言人(弁護士)開業試験に合格。15年『東洋新報』の論説,翻訳記者となる。30年『万朝報』に移り,その後『長野日日新聞』『函館毎日新聞』『長野新報』『東京毎日新聞』の主筆などを務めた。また,ニーチェなどの哲学にも明るく,自由思想家・合理論者として知られた。39年発行の著書『無政府主義』等は発売禁止となった。<著作>『久津見蕨村集』

(井川充雄)

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