Kokusuikai - Kokusuikai

Japanese: 国粋会 - こくすいかい

This is one of the many right-wing groups formed after World War I, mainly composed of gamblers and construction workers, and is the most famous. Its official name is the Dai Nippon Kokusaku Kai. It was founded in October 1919 by leaders such as Umezu Kanbei from Kanto and Nishimura Isaburo from Kansai, who were concerned about the frequent labor disputes and the rise of socialism immediately after the war. It aimed to be an organization that could crush left-wing movements by force, in order to protect "the good customs and morals between labor and management based on Japan's traditional paternalism." At the time of its founding, Oki Enkichi was appointed president, Isobe Shiro was appointed chairman, and the members of the group included Home Minister Tokonami Takejiro, Suzuki Kisaburo, and Toyama Mitsuru.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

第1次大戦後に多数成立した博徒，土建業者を主体とする右翼団体の一つで，最も有名なものである。正式には大日本国粋会という。大戦直後の労働争議の頻発，社会主義の台頭といった事態を憂慮した関東の梅津勘兵衛，関西の西村伊三郎などの顔役たちによって1919年10月に設立された。〈我国古来の温情主義による労資間の美風良俗〉を守るべく，左翼運動を実力で粉砕しうる団体たることがめざされていた。設立にあたっては総裁には大木遠吉が，会長には磯部四郎が就任し，内務大臣床次（とこなみ）竹二郎，鈴木喜三郎，頭山満が名をつらねた。

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