Kokichi Kurosaki

Japanese: 黒崎幸吉 - くろさきこうきち

Born: May 2, 1886 in Tsuruoka
[Died] June 6, 1970.
Christian evangelist. Born into a samurai family with a stipend of 500 koku in the Shonai domain. After graduating from the First Higher School, he entered the Faculty of Law at Tokyo Imperial University in 1907. In 1909, as a member of the Kashiwa Society, he attended Kanzo Uchimura's Bible study group and became friends with Takeshi Fujii. Upon graduating from university in 1911, he joined Sumitomo Sohonten and was transferred to Osaka, Tokyo, Besshi, and other locations until 1921, when he retired as assistant manager of Sumitomo Steel Works. In February 1921, he moved to Tokyo to help Uchimura with his evangelism, and later began his own evangelism. From 1922, he studied in Germany for three years. In 1926, he started publishing the monthly magazine "Eternal Life" (it ceased publication with issue 423 in December 1966) and began evangelism by literature. In 1931, he moved to Osaka and presided over the Kurosaki Bible Study Group. His writings are collected in "Collected Works of Kokichi Kurosaki" (volume 7, 72-73).

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Japanese:

[生]1886.5.2. 鶴岡
[没]1970.6.6.
キリスト教の伝道者。庄内藩 500石取りの士族の家に出生。第一高等学校を経て 1907年東京帝国大学法学部に入学。 09年柏会の一員として内村鑑三の聖書研究会に出席し，藤井武と親交。 11年大学卒業と同時に住友総本店に入社し，21年まで大阪，東京，別子などを転勤して，住友製鋼所副支配人を最後に退社。 21年2月上京して内村の伝道を助け，のちに独立伝道開始。 22年より3年間ドイツ留学。 26年月刊誌『永遠の生命』を発刊 (1966年 12月，第 423号で終刊) し，文書伝道を始める。 31年以来大阪に移り，黒崎聖書研究会を主宰した。著書は『黒崎幸吉著作集』 (7巻，72～73) にまとめられている。

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