The Amakasu Incident occurred on September16, 1923, in the chaos immediately following the Great Kantō earthquake. Fearing that anarchists would take advantage of the disaster to overthrow the government, a squad of military police led by Lieutenant Amakasu Masahiko arrested Osugi Sakae, Ito Noe and their six year old nephew. They were later beaten to death and their bodies thrown into a well. September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with 30 days. ... For other uses, see number 16. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Great Kanto Earthquake The Great Kanto Earthquake (é–¢æ±å¤§éœ‡ç½ KantÅ daishinsai) struck the Kanto plain on the Japanese main island of Honshu at 11:58 on the morning of September 1, 1923. ... Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Jump to: navigation, search Military police (MPs) are the police of a military organization, generally concerning themselves with law enforcement and security. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Lieutenant is a military, paramilitary or police officer. ... Osugi Sakae (å¤§æ‰ æ „ ÅŒsugi Sakae, January 17, 1885 - September 16, 1923) was a radical individualist, socialist and anarchist. ... Ito Noe (伊藤 é‡Žæž ItÅ Noe, 21 January 1895 - 16 September 1923 in Imajuku, Fukuoka, Japan) was a Japanese anarchist and a social critic, author and feminist. ...
The killing of such high profile anarchists, along with a young child, became known as the Amakasu Incident, and sparked surprise and anger throughout Japan.
Amakasu was appointed chairman of the Manchurian Film Company in 1937 and, due to his powerful charisma, quickly earned the respect of both the Chinese and Japanese staff.
In his suicide note, Amakasu wrote that as a samurai, he would like to have died as a samurai by seppuku (hara-kiri), but that having failed the emperor, he was not worthy of such an honorable death.
Amakasu reportedly slept with a gun at his side on a regular basis, and refused to accept visitors on the anniversary of his murder of Otsugi.
He was killed On September 16, 1923, in the chaos immediately following the Great Kantō earthquake, Osugi and his lover/partner Ito Noe and their 6 year old nephew were arrested, beaten to death and thrown into a well by a squad of military police led by LieutenantAmakasu Masahiko.
The killing of such high profile anarchists, along with a young child, became known as the AmakasuIncident, and sparked surprise and anger throughout Japan.
He had a relationship with Hori Yasuko, Kamichika Ichiko and author Ito Noe.
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