the wrath of government censors, but it also gained a wide readership. Between 1889 and 1896, government censors shut down Kuga's newspaper thirty times for a total of 260 days. Kuga's editorials on political morals influenced Tokyo Imperial University law professor Tatsukichi Minobe in the development of his controversial political theory, wherein he postulated that Emperor of Japan was an "organ" of government, existing for the welfare of the people and not with absolute arbitrary political power. Kuga continued to serve as the president and main writer of the newspaper until he fell ill in 1906 of tuberculosis. Kuga relocated from Tokyo to Kamakura, but his health failed to recover, and he died in 1907. References Notes External links National Diet Library Bio & Photo Kuga's Commentaries on the Constitution of the Empire of Japan / Barbara J. Teters, The Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 28, No. 2 (Feb., 1969), pp. 321-337 (17 pages) Published By: Association for Asian Studies 1857 births 1907 deaths People from Hirosaki People of Meiji-period Japan Japanese journalists 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Japan