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critic and author, also known under the pseudonym .

Biography

Fukuchi Gen'ichirō was born in

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, Japan. He traveled Europe as a

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, and in 1874, became a main writer for the ''

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'' newspaper. In 1882, he formed the Constitutional Imperial Rule Party.

References

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