Ikki Kita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ikki Kita

Japanese philosopher

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1883

Place of Birth: Sado, Japan, Niigata Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 19-Aug-1937

Profession: writer, Esperantist, philosopher, prosaist

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Ikki Kita (? ??, Kita Ikki, 3 April 1883 – 19 August 1937; real name: Kita Terujiro (? ???)) was a Japanese author, intellectual and political philosopher who was active in early-Showa period Japan.
A harsh critic of the Emperor system and the Meiji Constitution, he asserted that the Japanese were not the emperor's people, rather the Emperor was the "people's emperor".
He advocated a complete reconstruction of Japan through a form of statist, non-progressive socialism.
Kita was in contact with many people on the extreme right of Japanese politics, and wrote pamphlets and books expounding his ideas.
The government saw Kita's ideas as disruptive and dangerous; in 1937 he was implicated, although not directly involved, in a failed coup attempt and executed.
He is still widely read in academic circles in Japan.