#736 – Taiwanese native carries the Tonichi reporter Kishida Ginko across a stream
Series
Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun – Tokyo Daily News
Date
9/1874
Publisher
Gusokuya
Format
Oban (9 1/2" X 14 1/4")
Comment
Backed
According to William Wetherall: Kishida Ginko (1833-1905) traveled to Taiwan with Saigo Tsugumichi's army as a news investigator for Tokyo Nichinichi Shimbun. This makes him not only the first overseas correspondent in the history of Japanese journalism, but also the first "embedded" reporter.
For detailed information about all the newspaper series, see William Wetherall's www.nishikie.com.
