A clip from the Mainichi Shimbun, on the death of Noe Ito and Sakae Osugi. The is one of the major Newspapers in Japan, published by. History The history of the Mainichi Shinbun begins with founding of two papers was an anarchist, social critic author and feminist. She graduated from Ueno Girls' High School in Ueno, Tokyo, and joined the Bluestocking was a radical Japanese anarchist. He published numerous anarchist periodicals helped translate various western anarchist essays into Japanese for the first time and created

The Amakasu Incident occurred on September 16, 1923, in the chaos immediately following the Great Kantō earthquake. Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The struck the Kantō plain on the Japanese main island of Honshū at 1158 on the morning of September 1, 1923. Fearing that anarchists would take advantage of the disaster to overthrow the government, a squad of military police led by Lieutenant Masahiko Amakasu arrested Sakae Osugi, Noe Ito, and Sakae's six year old nephew. Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i Military police ( MPs) are normally the Police of a Military Organization. was an officer in the Imperial Japanese Army imprisoned for his involvement in the Amakasu Incident, the Extrajudicial execution of Anarchists after the was a radical Japanese anarchist. He published numerous anarchist periodicals helped translate various western anarchist essays into Japanese for the first time and created was an anarchist, social critic author and feminist. She graduated from Ueno Girls' High School in Ueno, Tokyo, and joined the Bluestocking They were later beaten to death and their bodies thrown into a well.

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. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

A 1970 film Eros Plus Massacre depicts the incident. is a Japanese black and white film released in 1969. It was directed by Yoshishige Yoshida, who wrote it in cooperation with Masahiro Yamada.

References

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• 甘粕（あまかす）事件 (ja. )
• 日本ペンクラブ 電子文藝館 招待席・主権在民史料 「関東大震災」 (今井 清一) (ja. )
• 関東大震災と新聞 (池見哲司) (ja. )