Kingoro Hashimoto
| Kingoro Hashimoto 橋本欣五郎 |
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Hashimoto Kingorō
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| Born |
February 19, 1890 Okayama, Japan |
| Died | June 29, 1957 (aged 67) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Occupation | soldier, politician |
Kingoro Hashimoto (橋本 欣五郎 Hashimoto Kingorō?, February 19, 1890 – June 29, 1957) was a soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army and politician. He was famous for having twice tried to stage a coup against the civilian government in the 1930s.
Hashimoto was born in Okayama City, and a graduate of the 23rd class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1911. He subsequently graduated from the Army Staff College in 1920. In April 1922, he was assigned to the Kwangtung Army in Manchuria and was stationed at Harbin. In 1923, he was sent on special assignment to Manzhouli, near the border with the Soviet Union. From September 1927 through June 1930, he was reassigned as military attaché to Turkey. On his return to Japan, he was posted to the Imperial Japanese Army General Staff, and headed a Russian studies department. He was promoted to colonel in August, 1930 and became an instructor at the Army Staff College in October.
From the middle of 1930, Hashimoto became increasingly involved in right-wing politics within the military, with active participation in various attempts at coups d'état. He was also a founder of radical secret societies within the Army.
Hashimoto actively participated in the March incident of 1931. The Sakurakai (Cherry Blossom Society) was formed secretly by him and Captain Isamu Chō. The Sakurakai group sought political reform: the elimination of party government by a coup d'état and the establishment of a new cabinet based upon state socialism, in order to stamp out Japan's allegedly corrupt politics, economy, and thought; which literally meant a return to a pre-westernized Japan.
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