Ikki Kita

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Kita Ikki
Kita Ikki (北 一輝, Kita Ikki)
Born	Kita Terujirō (北 輝次郎) (1883-04-03)3 April 1883 Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Died	19 August 1937(1937-08-19) (aged 54) Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Empire of Japan
Cause of death	Execution by firing squad
Nationality	Japanese
Education	Waseda University (no degree)
Occupation	Author
Notable work	An Outline Plan for the Reorganization of Japan (日本改造法案大綱, Nihon Kaizō Hōan Taikō) 1919
Children	1 (adopted child, son of T'an Jen-feng, who was a Chinese Revolutionary)
Era	20th-century philosophy Meiji Era Shōwa Era Taishō Era
Region	Eastern philosophy Japanese philosophy
School	Japanese nationalism
Language	Japanese
Main interests	Political philosophy

Ikki Kita (北 一輝, Kita Ikki, 3 April 1883 – 19 August 1937; real name: Kita Terujirō (北 輝次郎)) was a Japanese author, intellectual and political philosopher who was active in early Shōwa period Japan. Drawing from an eclectic range of influences, Kita was a self-described socialist who has also been described as the "ideological father of Japanese fascism",^[1] although his writings touched equally upon pan-Asianism, Nichiren Buddhism, fundamental human rights and egalitarianism and he was involved with Chinese revolutionary circles. While his publications were invariably censored and he ceased writing after 1923, Kita was an inspiration for elements on the far-right of Japanese politics into the 1930s, particularly his advocacy for territorial expansion and a military coup. The government saw Kita's ideas as disruptive and dangerous; in 1936 he was arrested for allegedly joining the failed coup attempt of 26 February 1936 and executed in 1937.