Saburo Aizawa

Japanese: 相沢三郎 - あいざわさぶろう

1889-1936 A military officer from the Taisho to early Showa eras.
Born on September 9, 1889. Became a lieutenant colonel in 1933. Influenced by Ogishi Yoriyoshi, he joined the Imperial Way faction, followed the National Reform Movement, and formed friendships with Muranaka Takaji and others. Infuriated by the dismissal of the faction's leader, Education Inspector General Masaki Jinzaburo, he stabbed Nagata Tetsuzan, Director of the Military Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of the Army, who was a member of the opposing Control faction, on August 12, 1937 (the Nagata Tetsuzan assassination incident). He was executed on July 3, 1936. He was 48 years old. Born in Miyagi Prefecture. Graduated from the Army Academy.

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Japanese:

1889－1936　大正-昭和時代前期の軍人。
明治22年9月9日生まれ。昭和8年陸軍中佐。大岸頼好の影響で皇道派にくわわり,国家革新運動にしたがい,村中孝次(たかじ)らと親交をむすぶ。同派の領袖真崎甚三郎教育総監の更迭に憤慨,対立する統制派の陸軍省軍務局長永田鉄山を10年8月12日刺殺(永田鉄山暗殺事件)。昭和11年7月3日処刑された。48歳。宮城県出身。陸軍士官学校卒。

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