Tōseiha
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| Control Faction | |
|---|---|
| 統制派 | |
 Lieutenant General Tetsuzan Nagata was the leader of the Tōseiha until his assassination in the Aizawa Incident in August 1935. | |
| Foundation | 1920s |
| Dissolved | c. 1940 |
| Country |  Japan |
| Motives | Reform of the Japanese government |
| Ideology | Conservatism Totalitarianism Militarism |
| Opponents | Imperial Way Faction |
The Tōseiha or Control Faction (統制派) was a
executed. The Tōseiha became the primary influence in the army, but the Kōdōha ideology and its supporters continued to influence Japanese militarism
into the late 1930s.
Background
The
bureaucrats. The military was considered "clean" in terms of political corruption, and elements within the army were determined to take direct action to eliminate the perceived threats to Japan created by the weaknesses of liberal democracy
and political corruption.
Hideki Tōjō, the Prime Minister of Japan during much of World War II
, was a member of the Tōseiha.An
national defense must be strengthened through a reform of national politics and espoused a strong skepticism for political party politics and representative democracy
. Although the factions shared key ideals, opposition was based on how to achieve them.
Opposition
The Tōseiha was a non-regional coalition, as opposed to Araki's reintroduction of regional politics into army promotions and policy decisions. Many Tōseiha members were promising graduates of the
Showa Restoration through violence and revolution, the Tōseiha sought reform by working within the existing system. The Tōseiha foresaw that a future war would be a total war, and to maximize Japan's industrial and military capacity would require the cooperation of Japan's bureaucracy and the zaibatsu conglomerates which the Kōdōha despised.[1]
The Kōdōha strongly supported the sphere of interest. Although there were supporters of the Northern Expansion in the Tōseiha, the faction largely favored a more cautious defense expansion.[2]
The name "Tōseiha" was pejorative and was coined and was used only by Kōdōha members and sympathizers.[citation needed]
Decline
In late 1931, the
February 26 Incident in February 1936 caused a widespread purge of the Kōdōha leadership from the military and the faction was de facto dissolved, while the Tōseiha became the dominant influence in the Japanese military but lost most of its raison d'être and gradually disbanded.[4]
See also
- Kōdōha
References
- ISBN 0-8129-7286-4.
- Harries, Meirion (1994). Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army (reprint ed.). Random House. ISBN 0-679-75303-6.
- Samuels, Richard J (2007). Securing Japan: Tokyo's Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-4612-2.
Notes
- ^ Buruma 2004, p. 98.
- ^ Samuels 2007, p. 27.
- ISBN 0-07-030612-5
- ^ Harries 1994, p. 191.
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