Mikami Taku

Mikami Taku (22 March 1905 – 25 October 1971) was a lieutenant in the Imperial Japanese Navy, who participated in the May 15 Incident in which Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated.[1]

Mikami Taku in 1933

He composed the "Ode of Showa Restoration" as an anthem for the Young Officers Movement.[2]

References

  1. Naoko Shimazu (27 September 2006). Nationalisms in Japan. Routledge. pp. 95–96. ISBN 978-1-134-14634-5.
  2. Ben-Ami Shillony (8 March 2015). Revolt in Japan: The Young Officers and the February 26, 1936 Incident. Princeton University Press. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-4008-7247-3.


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