Nissho Inoue

Nissho Inoue (Japanese井上 日 召; born April 12, 1887 in Kawaba, Gunma Prefecture, † March 2, 1967 ) was a self-proclaimed Buddhist preacher, Japanese nationalist and representative of Nichirenismus. His older brother Fumio Inoue (1883-1919) was a naval soldier who died in a work accident.

Biography

He was born under the name Shiro Inoue, the son of a country doctor in 1887., He began his training at the School of Toyo Kyōkai (now Takushoku University). After abandoning his studies, he went to Manchuria, where he worked as a vagrant in 1909 after a life to 1920 for the South Manchurian Railway. After his return to Japan, he joined only to Zen Buddhism, and finally converted to Nichiren Buddhism. Under the guidance of nationalists Tanaka Chigaku he studied at its belonging to Kokuchūkai "academy". After he had fallen out with Tanaka, he founded his own "temple", the Rissho Gokokudō (立正 护 国 堂, "Temple to defend the national justice "). It should be noted that Nissho Inoue is often spoken of as a Nichirenpriester, but he has never undergone a surgery. His theses were rejected by the traditional schools of Nichiren Buddhism.

Being close to the Naidaijin Tanaka Mitsuaki he made ​​the acquaintance of the leading nationalists of his time as Ōkawa Shumei and Kita Ikki. The increasing radicalization Nisshōs led to the creation of Ketsumeidan in 1930. Aiming to eliminate the economic and political elite of the country, Nissho was involved in the assassination of the former Finance Minister Inoue Junnosuke unde the Director of the Mitsui Group Dan Takuma. These events are known as Ketsumeidan incident. Another highlight reached the activities of Ketsumeidan the assassination of Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, also known as incident on 15 May, in the year 1932.

Inoue Nissho was sentenced alongside three of his accomplices in 1934 to life in prison but was pardoned in 1940. As a recognized fascist he was exiled by the American military government from public life in 1947. After the end of the occupation, he took a nationalist until his death in 1967, active political life.