Kanokogi Kazunobu
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Kanokogi Kazunobu (鹿子木員信, 1884 - 1949) was a Japanese professor, philosopher, mountaineer, author and war criminal. Although less well known than Ikki Kita, Kanokogi has been referred to on several occasions as "the pioneer of Japanese totalitarianism."[1]
After training as a naval engineer, he saw combat in the Russo-Japanese War; after converting to Christianity he resigned his commission and travelled to the United States to study theology at Union Theological Seminary and philosophy at Columbia University.[2]
He received his doctorate (supervised by
Kanokogi was a nationalist who emphasised the importance of the Imperial family in Japanese history. One of his principal works was Der Geist Japans ("The Spirit of Japan"), which was derived from a collection of lectures he gave in Germany arguing against Chinese influences on Japanese history.[4] He was a member of the Yūzonsha society.[5]
After the war, he was held at Sugamo Prison as a Class-A war criminal. He was released in 1946 on medical grounds because he was diagnosed with terminal pulmonary tuberculosis, and died three years later from this condition.[6]
References
- ^ Szpilman, Christopher W A (2013). "Kanokogi Kazunobu: Pioneer of Platonic Fascism and Imperial Pan-Asianism". Monumenta Nipponica.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4422-0601-4.
- ISBN 978-0-226-39115-1.
- ISBN 978-1-4331-0934-8.
- ISBN 978-90-04-27431-0.
- S2CID 162195365.
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