[Comic] Itô Noé [02]

Constant police surveillance regularly forced them to move, for both financial and political reasons.
On April 24, 1921, Itô Noé was an advisor for the founding of the "Red Wave Society" : the Sekirankai is Japan’s first socialist women’s association.
Sekirankai members marche during May Day political meetings. Women activists are arrested. Article 5 of the Public Law prohibits women from taking part in political demonstrations.
In October, they take part in socialist propaganda aimed at the army. The organization was dissolved by the government in December, eight months after its creation.
On September 1, 1923, the Kanto earthquake on the island of Honshu devastates Tokyo and Yokohama. The death toll was 141,720. Despite the declaration of martial law, panic and chaos led to the spread of wild rumors. In the city, popular militias killed Korean, Chinese and Japanese residents mistakenly identified as Koreans.
Military (Kenpeitai) and civilian (Tokkeitai) police summarily execute communist, socialist and anarchist activists for “dangerous thoughts”.
The “Amakasu Incident” took place on September 16, 1923. Itô Noé, Ôsugi Sakae and his six-year-old nephew were beaten to death and thrown into a well by Lieutenant Amakasu’s Kenpeitai group.
These murders, of well know anarchists and a child, move and anger Japanese citizens.
Sentenced to ten years in prison, Masahiko Amakasu served only three years of his sentence.