Title

Martial Law HQ established in Tokyo because of the 2-26 Incident

Caption

Martial Law HQ established in Tokyo because of the 2-26 Incident. Ni Ni-Roku Jiken, also known as the 2-26 Incident, was an attempted coup d'état in the Empire of Japan on 26 February 1936. It was organized by a group of young Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) officers with the goal of purging the government and military leadership of their factional rivals and ideological opponents

Date

1936

Credit line

Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library

Reference

ARP24A01_124

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,2Mb (2,3Mb) / 12,7in x 16,6in / 3813 x 4971 (300dpi)

Keywords

Martial Law HQ Tokyo 2-26 Incident Ni Ni-Roku Jiken attempt coup d'état Empire of Japan Imperial Japanese Army IJA officers government military leadership factional rivals ideological opponents Japan Asia politics government empire

Restrictions

Editorial use only.