A photograph of Inukai Tsuyoshi, who served as Prime Minister of Japan from December of 1931 until his assassination in May of 1932. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Chinese troops holding a defensive position during the Shanghai Incident. Source: Public Domain
A photograph documenting the damage caused by the Shanghai Incident. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Kingoro Hashimoto, the founder of the nationalist Cherry Blossom Society. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Inoue Nissho, the ultra-nationalist Buddhist priest who founded the League of Blood. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Lee Bong-Chang, a Korean independence activist who attempted to assassinate Emperor Hirohito. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of Chalrie Chaplin (fourth from left) standing alongside sumo wrestlers. Attending the sumo match likely saved his life, as he was not present at the Prime Minister’s residence when the assassins arrived. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of the defendants in the League of Blood case. The publicity of their trial gave them a platform to spread their ultra-nationalist ideology and their lenient sentences did nothing to dissuade similarly violent groups. Source: Public Domain
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