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A pro-shogunate newspaper published in Edo in 1868 (Keio 4). It was first published on leap April 3rd in the lunar calendar by Fukuchi Genichiro (Ochi), along with Jono Denpei, Nishida Densuke, Hirooka Kosuke and others. It was a booklet-style newspaper of about a dozen pages folded in half, and was published almost every other day. In addition to reporting on the domestic situation, Fukuchi, a leading intellectual of the time, discussed the political structure of the new government, and so the newspaper was particularly excellent in both content and influence, on a par with Yanagawa Shunsan's Chugai Shimbun. However, Fukuchi had a grudge against the Satsuma and Choshu clans and mocked the government army. In addition, in his "Strength and Weakness Theory" in volume 16, he compared Satsuma and Choshu to the Shogun Ashikaga, Yamana and Hosokawa, which drew the attention of the new government. When the government army entered Edo, he was taken to the police station for questioning, his woodblocks were confiscated, and newspapers were banned. As a result, the "Kangko Shinbun" was discontinued with its 22nd volume on May 22, and all other private newspapers in Edo were also forced to stop publication. Fukuchi became the first newspaper journalist to be involved in a literary scandal.

[Akihiko Sunohara]

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1868年（慶応4）江戸で発刊された佐幕派の新聞。旧暦閏(うるう)4月3日福地源一郎（桜痴(おうち)）が、条野伝平、西田伝助、広岡幸助らとともに創刊。半紙二つ折、十数枚をとじた冊子型の新聞で、ほぼ隔日に発行された。国内情勢のほか、当代一流の知識人福地が、新政府の政体などについて論じていたため、この新聞は、柳河春三(やながわしゅんさん)の『中外新聞』と並び、内容、影響力ともとくに優れていた。ただ福地は薩長(さっちょう)諸藩に反感をもち、官軍を揶揄(やゆ)的に扱っていたうえ、第16集に掲載した「強弱論」で、薩長を足利(あしかが)将軍に対する山名、細川に擬したため新政府ににらまれ、官軍が江戸に入ると糾問所に引き立てられ、版木(はんぎ)は没収、新聞は禁止された。このため『江湖新聞』は5月22日付け第22集で廃刊となり、ほかの江戸の民間新聞もすべて発行を止められることになった。福地は新聞記者の筆禍事件第一号になったわけである。

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