Ronin Association - Roninkai

Japanese: 浪人会 - ろうにんかい

A nationalist group associated with the Genyosha and the Black Dragon Society. It was founded in 1908 by Tanaka Hiroyuki as a club for so-called "ronin" (masterless samurai) who considered themselves "patriots of the country." Most of the members of the Genyosha were not from Fukuoka Prefecture. Led by Miura Goro, Toyama Mitsuru, Sasaki Yasugoro, Furushima Kazuo, and Ogawa Unpei, they were active in stirring up nationalistic public opinion and anti-democracy movements. In 1918, together with the Black Dragon Society, they carried out the "Osaka Asahi Shimbun Punishing Movement" (White Rainbow Incident), and also attacked the magazine "Nihon to Nihonjin" (Japan and the Japanese), which criticized the actions of the association.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

玄洋社，黒竜会に連なる国家主義団体。1908年，田中弘之の主唱によって，〈憂国の志士〉をもって任ずるいわゆる〈浪人〉のクラブとして創立された。玄洋社同人中，福岡県出身以外の人々を主としていた。三浦梧楼，頭山満，佐々木安五郎，古島一雄，小川運平らを中心に，国家主義的世論の喚起，反デモクラシー運動で活発な行動を展開した。18年，黒竜会とともに〈大阪朝日新聞膺懲（ようちよう）運動〉(白虹（はつこう）事件)を行い，また同会の行動を非難した雑誌《日本及日本人》にも攻撃を加えた。

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