February 26 Incident

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The February 26 Incident was a 1936 attempted coup d'état in Tokyo led by young Imperial Japanese Army officers seeking to purge the government and military leadership in favor of a more radical, militarist regime.

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Generate an image of the February 26 Incident (The February 26 Incident was a 1936 attempted coup d'état in Tokyo led by young Imperial Japanese Army officers seeking to purge the government and military leadership in favor of a more radical, militarist regime.)

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
February 26 Incident canonical 12
二・二六事件 3
Sakuradamon Incident 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf attempted coup d'état ⓘ
military insurrection ⓘ
political crisis ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 2-26 Incident ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken ⓘ
casualties over 100 wounded ⓘ
over 20 killed ⓘ
category 1936 in Japan ⓘ
Coup attempts in Japan ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Army history ⓘ
Shōwa era politics ⓘ
commandedBy rebellious junior officers ⓘ
country Empire of Japan ⓘ
linked to: Japan
effect increased dominance of Tōseiha faction in the army ⓘ
strengthening of military control over Japanese government ⓘ
suppression of radical young officers faction ⓘ
endDate 1936-02-29 ⓘ
hasCause discontent with party politics ⓘ
economic hardship during the Great Depression ⓘ
factionalism within the Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
historicalPeriod Shōwa period ⓘ
linked to: Showa era
ideology militarism ⓘ
ultranationalism ⓘ
languageOfAlternateName Japanese ⓘ
leader young Imperial Japanese Army officers ⓘ
legalOutcome court-martial of rebel officers ⓘ
execution of several leaders ⓘ
location Japan ⓘ
Tokyo ⓘ
mediaCoverage subject to strict censorship ⓘ
motive establish a more radical militarist regime ⓘ
purge government and military leadership ⓘ
notableTarget Prime Minister Keisuke Okada ⓘ
notableVictim Jōtarō Watanabe ⓘ
Saitō Makoto ⓘ
Takahashi Korekiyo ⓘ
Takashi Hara (Prime Minister) was not a victim ⓘ
linked to: Hara Takashi
numberOfParticipants approximately 1,400 soldiers ⓘ
opposedBy Emperor Hirohito ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
loyalist Imperial Japanese Army units ⓘ
partOf interwar political turmoil in Japan ⓘ
perpetrator Imperial Japanese Army radical faction ⓘ
precededBy May 15 Incident ⓘ
result coup attempt failed ⓘ
significance marked end of open military insurrections in prewar Japan ⓘ
turning point in the militarization of Japanese politics ⓘ
startDate 1936-02-26 ⓘ
target Japanese government leaders ⓘ
military leadership ⓘ
year 1936 ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isamu Chō → participantIn → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Okada Keisuke → notableEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Okada Keisuke → survivedEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Sakurada Gate → notableEventSite → Sakuradamon Incident ⓘ
linked to: February 26 Incident
Takahashi Korekiyo → participantIn → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken → alsoKnownAs → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Ni-niroku Jiken → JapaneseName → 二・二六事件 ⓘ
linked to: February 26 Incident
2-26 Incident → alsoKnownAs → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Keisuke Okada → notableEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Prime Minister Keisuke Okada
Keisuke Okada → survivedEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ
subject linked to: Prime Minister Keisuke Okada
May 15 Incident → followedBy → February 26 Incident ⓘ
岡田啓介 → 関与事件 → 二・二六事件 ⓘ
linked to: February 26 Incident
Jōtarō Watanabe → event → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Patriotism → settingEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ
Kantarō Suzuki → survivedAssassinationAttempt → February 26 Incident ⓘ
斎藤実 → 暗殺事件 → 二・二六事件 ⓘ
subject linked to: さいとう まこと
linked to: February 26 Incident