Kita Ikki
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Kita Ikki (北 一輝 Kita Ikki, April 3,1883 - August 19,1937) was a Japanese author. Kita was an early critic of Japanese democracy, which he claimed had been corrupted by western values.
Historians argue about what Kita's political stance was; taken at face value, he appears to be a fascist, his writings being a major influence on the Young Officers' failed fascist coup (the "February Incident"). However, when one digs deeper, it can seem that Kita was a marxist, writing such books as The Theory of Japan's National Polity and Pure Socialism.
Many argue, however, that the "socialism" advocated by Kita was nothing more than a sort of proto-fascist social darwinism. Kita's interesting blend of fascism and pseudo-marxism led him to divide the nations of the world into two groups: those that "have" and those that "have not".
Kita's aggressive anti-western attitudes are believed to be one of the inspirations for the Imperial Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II.
See also: Japanese literature, List of Japanese authors, Japanese nationalism
ja:北一輝