Double Leaf Society

The Double Leaf Society was a Japanese secret radical military grouping, organized in the 1920s by officers with remaining samurai links, with the goal of radical changes in the armed forces.

Related Topics:
Japan - 1920s - Samurai

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As with other secret societies of the time, those involved held fanatical beliefs: ultranationalism, and the need for a purge of the 'corrupt' Choshu elements of the Imperial Japanese Army. The grouping later split into two factions, the Kodaha(Imperial Benevolent Rule or Action Group) led by Colonel (later General) Sadao Araki, and the Tosei-Ha (Control Group) led by General Kazushige Ugaki. At the time the Army budget was resented by the general public.

Related Topics:
Ultranationalism - Choshu - Imperial Japanese Army - Kodaha - Sadao Araki - Tosei-Ha - Kazushige Ugaki

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Later the factions recombined as the Imperial Way Faction, a nationalist party, active from 1930s to the outbreak of the Pacific War.

Related Topics:
Imperial Way Faction - Nationalist - Pacific War

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