Sugimura Sojinkan

A journalist and essayist during the Meiji and Taisho periods. His real name was Kotaro. His other pen names included Tateyoko and others. Born in Wakayama on August 28, 1872. After studying at the British Law School (now Chuo University) and the National English Association, he became editor-in-chief of the Wakayama Shinpo. He returned to Tokyo and graduated from Free Theological Seminary (later Senshin Gakuin). He worked as an editor for various magazines. He participated in the New Buddhism movement and formed the Buddhist Pure Land Association with Takashima Beiho and others. In 1900 (Meiji 33), he launched the magazine New Buddhism. He worked at the US Embassy as a translator, etc. In 1903, he joined the Tokyo Asahi Shimbun Company. He initially worked on translating foreign news, but gradually switched to a wider range of journalistic activities. Around the time of the Russo-Japanese War, he got close to the socialist movement, such as supporting the Heimin Shimbun, but he never went beyond being a sympathetic figure. In 1907, he was dispatched to England. During this time he studied the newspaper business in the West, and after returning to Japan he worked hard to transplant the corporate newspaper business of the West to the Asahi Shimbun Company. It is said that the establishment of the Research Department and Article Review Department, the publication of the abridged edition, and the launch of "Asahi Graph" were all suggestions made by Sugimura. He served as an auditor and advisor for the Asahi Shimbun Company. He was also skilled in light-hearted essays and novels, and he also wrote many books on newspapers, including "Recent Newspaper Studies" (1915). He passed away on October 3, 1945.

[Teruo Ariyama]

"The Complete Works of Sojinkan, 18 volumes (1937-1943, Nippon Hyoronsha)" ▽ "Republished Recent Newspaper Studies (1970, Chuo University Press)" ▽ "Sugimura Sojinkan by Midorichi Shoichi (included in The Collection of Three Generations of Opinionators 8, 1963, Jiji Press)"

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明治・大正期の新聞記者、随筆家。本名広太郎。別号は縦横など。明治5年8月28日和歌山生まれ。英吉利(イギリス)法律学校（現、中央大学）、国民英学会に学んだのち、『和歌山新報』主筆となる。再上京し、自由神学校（のち先進学院）を卒業。さまざまな雑誌の編集などに従事。新仏教運動に参加し、高島米峰(べいほう)らと仏教清徒同志会を結成。1900年（明治33）雑誌『新仏教』を創刊。アメリカ大使館に勤務し翻訳などにあたる。1903年東京朝日新聞社に入社。当初は外電翻訳などを担当していたが、しだいに幅広い記者活動に転じた。日露戦争前後には『平民新聞』を支援するなど社会主義運動に接近したが、同情者の域は出なかった。1907年イギリスに特派される。このとき欧米の新聞事業を研究し、帰国後は欧米の企業化した新聞事業を朝日新聞社に移植するのに尽力した。調査部・記事審査部の設置、縮刷版の発行、『アサヒグラフ』の発刊は杉村の提案という。朝日新聞社監査役、相談役などを歴任。軽妙な随筆、小説をも得意としたが、『最近新聞紙学』（1915）など新聞に関する著書も多い。昭和20年10月3日死去。

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『『楚人冠全集』全18巻（1937～1943・日本評論社）』▽『『最近新聞紙学』再刊（1970・中央大学出版部）』▽『美土路昌一著『杉村楚人冠』（『三代言論人集8』所収・1963・時事通信社）』

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