Background
Tessaku Okubo was born in 1850. He was the son of Moriyoshi, a retainer of the Akita Clan (Akita Prefecture).
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Tessaku Okubo
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Tessaku Okubo studied Chinese classics at the clan's Confucian school and later studied in Tokyo.
Career
Tessaku Okubo became a staff writer of the Chaya Shimbun newspaper (1875) and started the Akita Nippo newspaper in his native city of Akita (1881). Was elected chairman of the Akita Prefectural Assembly (1885). A friend of Toru Hoshi, he joined the Seiyukai Party and was elected to the House of Representatives twice. Was appointed mayor of Akita (1906).
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- Tōru Hoshi
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1875
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1885
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1906