:Asaichi Isobe
{{Short description|Imperial Japanese Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox military person
| name = Asaichi Isobe
| image = Asaichi Isobe.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = 磯部 浅一
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1905|4|1}}
| birth_place = Yamaguchi Prefecture, Empire of Japan
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1937|8|19|1905|4|1}}
| death_place = Tokyo, Empire of Japan
| death_cause = Execution by firing squad
| branch = {{flagdeco|Empire of Japan|army}} Imperial Japanese Army
| serviceyears = 1926–1936
| rank = Lieutenant
| battles = 26 February Incident
}}
{{Nihongo|Asaichi Isobe|磯部 浅一|Isobe Asaichi|1 April 1905 – 19 August 1937}} was an Imperial Japanese Army officer who was one of the leaders of the 26 February Incident, a coup d'etat attempt by young officers of the Imperial Way Faction.{{cite web|title=Isobe Asaichi|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E6%A4%8E%E6%B5%A9%E5%B9%B3|work=Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus|publisher=Kōdansha|accessdate=10 April 2014|language=Japanese}}
Career
Born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Isobe graduated from the 38th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy{{cite web|title=Isobe Asaichi|url=http://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E6%A4%8E%E6%B5%A9%E5%B9%B3|work=Sekai daihyakka jiten|publisher=Hitachi|accessdate=10 April 2014|language=Japanese}} and rose to the rank of lieutenant. He was suspended in 1934 for being involved in plans for a coup d'etat, and then discharged from the Army in 1935 when he published an incendiary pamphlet during his suspension. As a civilian, he was a leader in the February 26th Incident and was executed for his involvement.
Portrayals
=Film=
- Isao Yamagata (『叛乱]』, 1954, Shin Saburi)
- Shinsuke Mikimoto (『重臣と青年将校 陸海軍流血史』, 1958, Michiyoshi Doi)
- Kei Satō (『銃殺 2・26の叛乱』, 1964, Tsuneo Kobayashi)
- Kōji Tsuruta (『日本暗殺秘録』, 1969, Sadao Nakajima )
- Shirō Sano (『悪徳の栄え』, 1988, Akio Jissoji)
- Naoto Takenaka (226, 1989, Hideo Gosha)
=Drama=
- Takenori Murano ("[February 26th Incident of [wives]]", 1976)
- Shun Oide ("[Approaching the [New Documentary Drama Showa Seicho Matsumoto incident]]", 1984, Murayama Shinji production)
- Takeshi Wakamatsu ("[love had died in the [Ardor 2.26]]", 1991) (in 'Isomura Asaichi' name)
- Tetsuya Chiba ("[History is moved at that time []]", NHK, 14 day, broadcasting 21 February 2001)
References
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Bibliography
- Sasaki KiJiro "Isobeasaichi and half life of one innovation officer" (Furong Shobo, 1980)
- Yamazaki KuniOSamu "February 26th Incident and Isobeasaichi" (Kawade Shobō Shinsha, 1989)
- Ken-ichi Matsumoto "February 26th Incident of Yukio Mishima" Bungeishunju November
, 2005. - Masahiko Hamada "army of gods - the darkness of the international financial capital or Yukio Mishima," (thirty-five Museum, 2000)
External links
- [http://binder.gozaru.jp/226isobe.htm Isobe's prison diary] (in Japanese)
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Category:20th-century executions for treason
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Category:Military personnel from Yamaguchi Prefecture
Category:People executed for mutiny