February 26 Incident

E88423

attempted coup d'état military insurrection political crisis

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
February 26 Incident canonical	9
Sakuradamon Incident	1
二・二六事件	1

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	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of 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	Showa era ⓘ surface form: Shōwa period
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 ⓘ Hara Takashi ⓘ surface form: Takashi Hara (Prime Minister) was not a victim
numberOfParticipants	approximately 1,400 soldiers ⓘ
opposedBy	Emperor Hirohito ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ loyalist Imperial Japanese Army units ⓘ
partOf	interwar political turmoil in Japan ⓘ
perpetrator	Japanese Kwantung Army ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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 → February 26 Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sakuradamon Incident

Takahashi Korekiyo → participantIn → February 26 Incident ⓘ

Ni-niroku Jiken → alsoKnownAs → February 26 Incident ⓘ

Ni-niroku Jiken → JapaneseName → February 26 Incident ⓘ

this entity surface form: 二・二六事件

2-26 Incident → alsoKnownAs → February 26 Incident ⓘ

Prime Minister Keisuke Okada → notableEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ

subject surface form: Keisuke Okada

Prime Minister Keisuke Okada → survivedEvent → February 26 Incident ⓘ

subject surface form: Keisuke Okada

May 15 Incident → followedBy → February 26 Incident ⓘ