February 26 incident
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The February 26 incident, also known as the 2–26 incident, was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army officers
Sadao Araki, leader of the Kōdōha
Rebels outside the Prime Minister's Residence during the February 26 Incident.
Yasuhide Kurihara leading the Rebellion Army
Takahashi Korekiyo
Jōtarō Watanabe
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Jōtarō Watanabe was a general in the early Shōwa period Imperial Japanese Army, noted as one of the victims of the February 26 Incident.
February 26 incident
…Kurihara Yasuhide Kiyosada Kōda Asaichi Isobe Toshihiko Ikeda Takaji Muranaka Hirohito Prince Kotohito Yoshiyuki Kawashima Hajime Sugiyama Kōhei Kashii Jōtarō Watanabe X Number 1,483–1,558 23,841 Casualties and losses 19 executed by firing squad Dozens imprisoned Several committed suicide 4 government officials killed…
渡辺 錠太郎
General Watanabe Jōtarō
A photograph of General Jōtarō Watanabe with his daughter, Kazuko Watanabe
Jōtarō Watanabe's dead body, riddled by machine gun fire