Futabakai

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The Futabakai ( Japanese 双 葉 会 , eng. "Double-leaf society") was a Japanese, radical-militaristic secret society. The name comes from the restaurant in Shibuya where the members met every week.

The society was directed against the dominance of the conservative Chōshū clique in the leadership of the Imperial Japanese Army . The Chōshū fief, along with the Satsuma fief, was the driving force during the Meiji Restoration , which restored imperial rule . Prominent members of the society were:

On January 1, 1929, the group consisted of 18 officers from the Japanese army. They campaigned for the mobilization of the army and the enforcement of Japanese interests in China, such as the separation of Manchuria .

On May 19, 1929, the group joined forces with the Kokusaku Kenkyūkai ( 国策 研究 会 , German "State Policy Research Council ") to form Issekikai ( 一夕 会 ).

Individual evidence

  1. Humphreys: The Way of the Heavenly Sword . P. 203

literature

  • Peter Wetzler : Hirohito and War. Imperial Tradition and Military Decision Making in Prewar Japan . University of Hawaii Press, 1998, ISBN 082481925X , p. 64
  • Leonard A. Humphreys: The Way of the Heavenly Sword. The Japanese Army in the 1920’s . Stanford University Press, 1995, ISBN 0804723753