, also known as , was a
Japanese
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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 ''
Yorozu Chōhō'' 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
Madam C. J. Walker of the
International League for Darker People to discuss a shared strategy at the conference.
His
Dharma name
A Dharma name is a new name acquired during both lay and monastic Buddhist initiation rituals in Mahayana Buddhism and Pabbajjā, monastic ordination in Theravada Buddhism (where it is more proper to call it Dhamma or Sangha name). The name is ...
, 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.
Further reading
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References
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1862 births
1920 deaths
Japanese editors
Japanese writers
Japanese journalists
Japanese Buddhists
20th-century Buddhists