Kuroiwa Shūroku
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, also known as , was a
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journalist, novelist and a prolific translator, translating more than 100 French and English language novels into the Japanese language. Kuroiwa founded ' in 1892, which soon became one of Japan's largest newspapers. In 1919, while on his way to the Paris Peace Conference, Kuroiwa met with
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of the International League for Darker People to discuss a shared strategy at the conference. His
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, which he chose himself, was Kuroiwain Shūroku Ruikō Chūten Koji (黒岩院周六涙香忠天居士).


Works

* ''On Hearing of the Devotional Self-Immolation of General Nogi'' (1912) published in English in ''Learning Sacred Way Of Emperor'' by Yukata Hibino.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shuroku, Kuroiwa 1862 births 1920 deaths Japanese editors Japanese writers Japanese journalists Japanese Buddhists 20th-century Buddhists