- Amakasu Incident
The Amakasu Incident occurred on
September 16 ,1923 , in the chaos immediately following theGreat Kantō earthquake . Fearing thatanarchist s would take advantage of the disaster to overthrow the government, a squad ofmilitary police led by Lieutenant Masahiko Amakasu arrestedSakae Osugi ,Noe Ito , and Sakae's six year old nephew. 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 .The 1970 film "
Eros Plus Massacre " depicts the incident.References
*openhistory
External links
* [http://www.cc.matsuyama-u.ac.jp/~tamura/amakasu.htm 甘粕（あまかす）事件] (ja.)
* [http://www.japanpen.or.jp/e-bungeikan/guest/sovereignty/imaiseiichi.html 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.)
* [http://ikemidoujou.com/bun/media/kougi02.htm 関東大震災と新聞] (池見哲司) (ja.)
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