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Ugaki intervened to hush up the whole collapsed affair and ensured that the plotters received very mild punishments. This had the end result of encouraging more attempts by elements of the military to intervene in politics, and was also to taint Ugaki's bid for the office of prime minister in the
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The plotters again attempted to start a riot on 17 March (two days before the planned coup d'état was to take place), but again the projected 10,000 rioters failed to materialize, the leaders were arrested, and the whole affair disintegrated.
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to the post of prime minister. However, they later decided that a civilian nominee would be best for Japan at that time. This change incensed the
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was symbolic of self-sacrifice, and was a symbol used by the military to symbolize the fleeting life of a soldier. The avowed goal of the
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government run by the military. The new government would rid the country of
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and perceived degenerative influences corrupting Japan's public morals.
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Machiavelli's
Children: Leaders And Their Legacies In Italy And Japan
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Machiavelli's
Children: Leaders And Their Legacies In Italy And Japan
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Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the
Imperial Japanese Army
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industrialists, etc.) whose support he would need in case of a
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The project was underwritten by a 200,000-yen donation by
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152:, unfair distribution of wealth in the
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323:Harries, Meirion and Susie (1994).
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271:fomented a commotion outside the
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238:, ultra-rightist member of the
34:may be too short to adequately
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44:provide an accessible overview
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185:considered recommending Gen.
686:Ōshio Heihachirō's Rebellion
365:Samuels, Richard J. (2005).
254:Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya
201:to bring Ugaki into power.
144:and the establishment of a
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680:Menashi–Kunashir rebellion
542:Prince Hoshikawa Rebellion
96:secret society within the
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1043:Attempted coups in Japan
814:League of Blood Incident
311:Imperial Colors Incident
392:. Palgrave Macmillan.
388:Sims, Richard (2001).
120:Imperial Japanese Army
108:Background and history
98:Imperial Japanese Army
602:Shishigatani incident
342:Kiernan, Ben (2007).
284:military dictatorship
170:Duke Saionji Kinmochi
832:February 26 incident
698:Shimonoseki Campaign
118:(Cherry Society) by
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704:Tenchūgumi incident
674:Shakushain's revolt
662:Shimabara Rebellion
638:Yamashiro Rebellion
608:Siege of Hōjūjidono
536:Kibi Clan Rebellion
236:Yoshichika Tokugawa
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357:978-0-300-10098-3
313:of October 1931.
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936:Taishō era
879:Pre-Modern
527:Pre-Modern
520:rebellions
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317:References
227:, General
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191:militarist
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961:Shōwa era
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870:Riots and
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727:Meiji era
518:coups and
516:Attempted
462:Samuels,
436:Harries,
420:Kiernan,
294:total war
219:3. A new
195:Sakurakai
138:Sakurakai
130:Isamu Chō
115:Sakurakai
93:Sakurakai
36:summarize
289:zaibatsu
155:zaibatsu
123:Lt. Col.
104:groups.
52:May 2023
221:Cabinet
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408:Notes
209:Tokyo
175:genrō
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