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was the Tatenokai
Tatenokai

The Tatenokai or Shield Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. It was founded and led by the author Yukio Mishima....
 member who committed seppuku
Seppuku

is a form of Japanese Suicide#Ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reason...
 with Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima

was the pseudonym of , a Japanese people author, poet and playwright....
 at the Ichigaya
Ichigaya

Ichigaya is an area in the eastern portion of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 Camp.

He was the youngest child of a headmaster. Losing both parents at the age of two, he was cared for by his brother Osamu and educated at a Catholic school. He entered Waseda University
Waseda University

, often abbreviated to , is one of the top universities in Japan. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko , the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902....
 in 1966 but was dismayed by the presence of the Zengakuren
Zengakuren

or All-Japan Federation of Students' Self-Governing Associations is a communist league of students in Japan created in 1948. It is most notable for organizing marches and protests....
 and became heavily involved in the small right-wing faction at the university. He came into Mishima's orbit in 1967, and joined the Tatenokai
Tatenokai

The Tatenokai or Shield Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. It was founded and led by the author Yukio Mishima....
 at its establishment the next year.






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was the Tatenokai
Tatenokai

The Tatenokai or Shield Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. It was founded and led by the author Yukio Mishima....
 member who committed seppuku
Seppuku

is a form of Japanese Suicide#Ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reason...
 with Yukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima

was the pseudonym of , a Japanese people author, poet and playwright....
 at the Ichigaya
Ichigaya

Ichigaya is an area in the eastern portion of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 Camp.

He was the youngest child of a headmaster. Losing both parents at the age of two, he was cared for by his brother Osamu and educated at a Catholic school. He entered Waseda University
Waseda University

, often abbreviated to , is one of the top universities in Japan. Founded in 1882 as Tokyo Senmon Gakko , the institution was renamed "Waseda University" in 1902....
 in 1966 but was dismayed by the presence of the Zengakuren
Zengakuren

or All-Japan Federation of Students' Self-Governing Associations is a communist league of students in Japan created in 1948. It is most notable for organizing marches and protests....
 and became heavily involved in the small right-wing faction at the university. He came into Mishima's orbit in 1967, and joined the Tatenokai
Tatenokai

The Tatenokai or Shield Society was a private militia in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the Emperor. It was founded and led by the author Yukio Mishima....
 at its establishment the next year. The attempted coup was his idea; he brought it up in the autumn of 1969. Mishima initially rejected it.

Mishima approached the more extreme members one at a time in April and May 1970. The inner circle then consisted of Mishima, Morita, Ogawa and "Chibi" Koga. No clear plan was developed until late June. Shortly afterwards he went on holiday to Shimoda
Shimoda

Shimoda can mean:* Places in Japan:** Shimoda, Shizuoka, a city in Shizuoka Prefecture** Shimoda, Aomori, a town in Aomori Prefecture* Treaty of Shimoda , between Japan and Russia...
 and paid for the others to go to Hokkaido
Hokkaido

, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island and the largest, northernmost of its 47 prefectures of Japan....
, where they recruited "Furu" Koga
Hiroyasu Koga

Hiroyasu Koga is a former Tatenokai member responsible for the decapitation of Yukio Mishima during his seppuku on November 25, 1970. He studied law at Kanagawa University, and intended to become a lawyer....
, whom Mishima met on 9 September in Tokyo
Tokyo

, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshu. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the Tokyo City in the eastern part of the prefecture, and total over 8 million people....
.

All four followers were expecting to commit suicide, and were indignant when, in November, Mishima ruled that only he and Morita were to die. Morita asked Ogawa to behead him after his seppuku
Seppuku

is a form of Japanese Suicide#Ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reason...
. On the 21st and 22nd, supplies were bought, and Morita asked "Furu" Koga to stand in for him if he should fail to behead Mishima properly. The next two days were spent in rehearsal.