Otoya Yamaguchi
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Yamaguchi.
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Assassin
Yamaguchi was an assassin because he killed a politically active man. His reasons for the murder were political.
Yamaguchi was a member of a radical group. In 1960, he killed Inejiro Asanuma when he was at a public meeting. Soon after, Yamaguchi killed himself in a juvenile center. He wrote on the wall of the room in which he hung himself. His last words were written using a paste made from tooth powder and water.[3] He wrote "Seven lives for my country ..." which was a reference to the last words of 14th century samurai Kusunoki Masashige.
Legacy
Yasushi Nagao captured the assassination in a dramatic photograph.[4] The image won the 1960 World Press Photo award.[5]
Nobel Prize-winning writer Kenzaburō Ōe based his book Seventeen on Yamaguchi.[6]
Otoya Yamaguchi Media
The note Otoya Yamaguchi wrote with toothpaste on his cell wall before committing suicide
Yasushi Nagao with his Pulitzer Prize winning photo. (1961)
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References
- ↑ Socialist Leader is Slain in Tokyo; Asanuma, Who Led Agitation Against U.S. Treaty, Is Stabbed at a Rally," New York Times. October 12, 1960; retrieved 2012-3-15.
- ↑ TokyoReporter.com, "Assassin of Inejiro Asanuma remembered by right-wing groups on 50-year anniversary," October 14, 2010; retrieved 2012-3-15.
- ↑ "Leftist's Killer Suicide in Japan; Young Rightist Who Stabbed Asanuma Hangs Himself in Detention Center," New York Times. November 3, 1960; "Assassin's Apologies," Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine Time. November 14, 1960; retrieved 2012-3-15.
- ↑ Howell, Brian (5 April 2020). "Tokyo Stabbing". Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ↑ 1960 World Press Photo by Yasushi Nagao; retrieved 2012-3-15.
- ↑ Remmick, David. "Reading Japan," New Yorker. February 6, 1995; retrieved 2012-3-15.