Edward Howard House

Edward Howard House (October 5, 1836 – December 18, 1901) was an American journalist who wrote for the New York Tribune and later founded the Japan-based English-language newspaper Tokio Times.

House composed an orchestral piece at the age of fourteen, and four years later began writing for the Boston Courier as the publication's music and drama critic.

In 1859, he reported for the Tribune, under an assumed name, with phony credentials, and at considerable personal risk, on John Brown's trial, Virginia v. John Brown, in Charles Town, Virginia.

That year, House moved to Kōjimachi, Tokyo, and continued writing for the Mail, focusing on the topic of music.

[2] Emperor Meiji awarded him an Order of the Sacred Treasure, second class shortly before House's death on December 18, 1901.