Masanosuke Watanabe
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Masanosuke Watanabe (渡辺 政之輔, Watanabe Masanosuke, September 7, 1899 - October 6, 1928ECCI. That same year, Watanabe returned to Japan and took over the leadership of the party. In March 1928, he was elected chairman of the JCP central committee.[2][3] During Watanabe's lifetime, he married Tanno Setsu, a labour activist, and member of the Communist Party.[4][5]
Watanabe escaped Japan during mass arrests on March 15, 1928. He traveled to
Formosa (modern-day Taiwan) disguised as a dry goods merchant. He killed himself in Keelung while being pursued by the police.[6][7][8][9]
He used the alias "Asano" during his years in the Communist Party.[10]
Further reading
- Revolutionary Worker Watanabe Masanosuke and the Japanese Communist Party," Asian Profile 3.4 (1975)
References
- ^ 渡辺政之輔(ワタナベマサノスケ)とは - コトバンク
- ^ George M. Beckmann, Genji Okubo (1969). The Japanese Communist Party 1922-1945. Stanford University Press.
- ^ Branko Lazitch, Milorad M. Drachkovitch (1986). Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern: Revised Edition. Hoover Press. pp. 507–508.
- ^ Mikiso Hane (Aug 5, 1988). Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japan. University of California Press.
- ^ Mackie, Vera (Feb 26, 2003). Feminism in Modern Japan: Citizenship, Embodiment and Sexuality. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ George M. Beckmann, Genji Okubo (1969). The Japanese Communist Party 1922-1945. Stanford University Press.
- ^ Branko Lazitch, Milorad M. Drachkovitch (1986). Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern: Revised Edition. Hoover Press. pp. 507–508.
- ^ Stephen S. Large (Aug 13, 1981). Organized Workers and Socialist Politics in Interwar Japan. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ THE JAPAN MISSION YEAR BOOK formerly The Christian Movement IN JAPAN AND FORMOSA A YEAR BOOK OF CHRISTIAN WORK TWENTY-EIGHT ISSUE. Kyo Bun Kwan. 1930. pp. 30–32.
- ^ Branko Lazitch, Milorad M. Drachkovitch (1986). Biographical Dictionary of the Comintern: Revised Edition. Hoover Press. pp. 507–508.