KŌDŌHA I THE IMPERIAL WAY

The Kōdōha (Imperial Way Faction) was one of two main factions in interwar Japan. Their nemesis was the so called Tōseiha (Control Faction) which put weight on modernizing Japan and working with the Zaibatsu (Capitalist conglomerates). The Kōdōha instead wanted to turn back the westernization and get rid of the Zaibatsu. Both were nationalist, expansionist and reactionary. In very simple terms one was conservative and compromising, the other radical and uncompromising.
The Kōdōha's leader Gen. Araki Sadao put the weight on ’’spiritual mobilization’’ emphasizing morale and determination before machines. They also wanted to redefine (or rather return to the true form of the Kokutai) the Kokutai, giving more power to the Emperor and revising the shackles (as they saw destroyed the notion of the Emperor as divine ruler) put on during the Taishō (Hirohitos father) Emperors reign.
In the early 1930s the Kōdōha was the most influential (Japans greatest WW2 Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita among others were in the Kōdōha camp) - however during Japans economic recovery in mid 30s Toheisa took the upper hand. Both sides assassinated each other, but Kōdōha wen’t for their carotid artery (literally) whilst the Toheisa operated within the system, taking over from within.
The already huge tensions between Navy and Army made the situation even more fragile.
However Kōdōha’s tendency of Gekokoju (taking its form in young lower ranking officers rebelling against older conservative military elite) and murder of two Prime Ministers among others turned the highest echelons - that wanted to stabilize the situation against them.
It is in this light the ’’Young Officers’’ (who’s vast majority) sympathized with thinkers such as Gen. Araki, Ikki Kita among many launched their most ambitious assault. In the snowy Tokyo landscape they attacked on February 26 1936. Aiming for the cleansing of the party politicians, and total dismemberment of Taishō democracy. Their flag, aimed against the corrupt dysfunctional democratic system and the unhinged gluttony of the Zaibatsu’s read; ’’Revere the emperor destroy the traitors’’
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[@cranom5616]

One thing I truly appreciate about the old eras of Japan, is the amount of patriotism and devotion the citizens had to the emperor. Even in the worst crises they still believed there were hope as long as the emperor reigned, and they were right. Judging from a far point of view, I think the shōwa restoration not only bought back the appreciation of cultural values, but also made the economy rise a lot at that time with the Asian expansionism.

[@cranom5616]

As Kodoha is an anti-Western “fascist” organization, it promoted Showa Statism, and opposed Westernization, Socialism, etc… It also encouraged militarism among the youth, resulting in many young people being obsessed with joining the army for the glory of the New Japanese Empire, which in my opinion is good! It reminds me of Tatenokai, but it had different objectives

[@karingoering2441]

Agree with the Kodoha about reactionarism essentially needing to be anti-capitalist

[@pierren___]

Philosophy of corporatism

[@karingoering2441]

​@@pierren___ Yes, but many people talk/write about corporatism and monarchism/feudalism being an impossible combination. And, it perhaps is in some view. In the common ''Western'' view this idea is very strange, perhaps even bizarre. But the Kōdōha philosophy of soil and grain in harmony and corporation with Samurai-class/Nobility/talented people shows that this argument is total bs. The nobility is nothing without the farmers, the farmers are nothing without the nobility! But as a westerner I do not know any ideology that views things in this way, closest is perhaps Strasserism. But then again, western views obv isn't the way forward...

[@pierren___]

@@karingoering2441 thats because more people dont understand that corporatism is more than an economical system. Every job got an ideal : to be an ideal sculptor, an ideal runner... we have to aim for the ideal. Thus only long term education based on economic condition can perfectionnise the workers and their arts. Thus an ideal soldier must be life-long, both goes together.

[@karingoering2441]

@@pierren___ Mister, don't try to outbase the Göring. Jokes aside, I fully agree!!!

[@lincolnhaldorsen5649]

@@karingoering2441modern day German and modern day Norway and modern day Denmark are all corporatist, just not Keynesian like fascist corporatism is.

[@imperialraijin]

At last...the Imperial Way. Revere the Emperor, destroy the Traitors!

[@UnusuariomasOmg]

I really love Japanese Kobudo martial arts , specially Kenjutsu and Jujutsu

[@gman4781]

Average 統制派 fan VS Average 皇道派 enjoyer

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

皇道派 🗿

[@emperorshowa8842]

Death is better than dishonor glory to Japan Imperial Army Banzai ! Banzai ! Banzai !

[@banzaienjoyer4993]

Defend the emperor and destroy the traitors. Tenno Heiko Banzai!!!!!🎌

[@emperorshowa8842]

天皇陛下万歳🙌！

[@theingeniousone5141]

One minor thing The toseiha wanted to have a class collaborationist model and not a corporatocratic model while the kodoha wanted a nationalization campaign I lean a little to the toseiha because i think its the safer approach in economics sense

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Yes, I think a compromise was better. Cause the Kodoha in some ways was not only naive, but self destorying. I am sympathetic for both, but in spirit for the Kodoha. But, I still do value, perhaps it is not from a logical viewpoint, but from purity. The young soilders, are more pure than the owners of the capital of the country. However, as you say, I disagree with the view of making everything state owned, because there would not exist a Mitsubishi A6M Zero. The Zaibatsu system is disgusting, that is to say is still better than international corps owning all. The young soilders, who came from people who saw the soil, revolted. Even the disgustingly fat Zaibatsus are outplayed by the ugly capitalists from today. (This is however also a difference, Tojo was in his actions, I mean he went and looked into garbage cans in Tokyo to see how the people was doing). But he also despised it, as pretty much everyone in Japan, and many other countries. We could only dream of having two really fucking based nationalist parties with some differences to choose from haha. Like the Optimates VS Populares in Rome.

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@tatenokaienjoyer There's no reason why a planned system cannot design and manufacture war machines as effectively as a private system. In fact, there's plenty of evidence to the contrary, planned economies adapt to a war situation far better, take one look at the industrial juggernaut that was the Soviet Union during the great patriotic war. Without the Zaibatsus and capitalists extracting profit and surplus value at every level of Japanese manufacturing, i highly suspect the Japanese would have done far better during wartime than they did historically. Under a largely centrally planned system, the state can bring to bear the entire economy and all of the productive forces of a nation toward war production and heavy industry, rather than the Capitalist practice of trying to meet every consumer need and focusing on light industry, extracting profit every step of the way at the expense of the nation. In a lot of ways, i would argue that the Kodoha faction were closet stratocratic socialists with a nationalist bent. They were basically made up of working-class men that joined the army and wanted to nationalise the economy and eliminate the corrupt zaibatsu, they honestly had a lot more in common with traditional socialists than they were ready to admit.

[@sw_nerd]

​@@comrade_commissar3794 I'd argue that centrally planned economics usually tend to fail miserably in the long-term. We can see for The Soviet Union that around 3% of it's farms were private, yet they were making around 50% of the food. We can also see that freer economic conditions spark more competition and hence innovation, which following free market theory laid by economists such as Rothbard, Hoppe, or Mises; increases the standard of living, wages, and production will ultimately increase whenever the demand increases, and it is not too hard for a market to realize a war is soon, and hence produce more to match a increasing or soon to increase demand.

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@sw_nerd Your first paragraph is straight-up false. Those Soviet market farms mainly produced herbs, spices and other such niche goods. They didn’t meaningfully contribute to the nation’s food supply or overall national caloric output like the Kolkhozes and Sovkhozes did. Parts of what you say in the latter paragraph are indeed true. Under normal circumstances, planned economies can’t quite achieve the same growth rates as a market economy, however, planned economies adapt to wartime conditions far better than any market economy, for most of the reasons i have already stated in my previous post. A planned economy can bring to bear the entire might of a nation, all of it’s productive forces toward the war effort, which a market system cannot do. That as well as the massive inefficiencies of market systems when it comes to war profiteering and magnates extracting wealth, and thus labour at every level of the economic system for themselves at the expense of the nation. Planned economies are just more effective in times of strife, and provide much needed stability and control that you won’t find in other systems. The “invisible hand” will not save you.

[@byInventus]

"Give me a Japanese division armed with bamboo spears and I'll wipe out the entire Russian Far Eastern Army." - Araki Sadao allegedly I don't know if I trust wikiquote but it's such a funny quote that I don't even care.

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Hahaha. In the Japanese wikipedia there is section called ''portrait/personality'' and it tells about him being very close with young officers (Gekokoju) and when he was war minister in Inukai Tsuyoshi's cabinet (so he owed his position to him) he said about when he was assasinated: They were very brave patriots. Araki is among the most based persons ever to live, you should not only trust the English wikipage, trust me its only the top of the iceberg in savage sayings and radical views of him!

[@byInventus]

@@tatenokaienjoyer It's precisely because wikiquote doesn't cite a Japanese source that I regard the quotation as dubious. The quality of English scholarship on the Empire of Japan and even modern Japan is deplorable and wikipedia itself is no exception

[@comrade_commissar3794]

RIP mosley edit

[@theingeniousone5141]

Ideologically i sympathize with Ikka kitta and kodoha For millitary doctrine i say strike south

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Exactly my view

[@theingeniousone5141]

@@tatenokaienjoyer very based! Destroy the masonic capitalists first!

[@saud892]

Would the Kodoha attack south if their coup succeeded ?

[@mojewjewjew4420]

​@@saud892no, they wanted north.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

​@@theingeniousone5141only striking north and helping Germany win would make a difference, other than that its a no.

[@Der_Erpel]

Tennō heika banzai!

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Makes you wonder if Japan would fare better if kodoha were in power not toseiha. Striking north might just be enough to help Germany win as the siberian troops on border with Japan saves moscow.

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Yes it does. Kodoha wasn't (tough majority) absolutely focused on strike north. There were Toseiha officers in favor of North and vice versa. Not to take into account the part of the military that wasn't aligned to any clique. There could have been a Kodoha with a strike south as well vice versa. Best of all would perhaps been a compromise, for example the absolute disdain for any technology (if going to war) of the Kodoha would not have worked. So clean up with the Zaibatsus, focus on internal problems, create a modern war-machine. We'll never know.

[@kararalmusawi2975]

great ❤

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Thanks appriciate it 🤝

[@___ZaCHK2049___]

Ernst Jünger edit when?

[@julianblacksmith8539]

Why did ur last video on Oswald Mosley got taken down, it was an awesome video.

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

"hAtE sPeEcH"

[@justwatching5867]

Hey dude, what app do you use for your imperial japanese edits? I really like them

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Davinci resolve now, Capcut then, but the first videos were made with iMovie. Its about being creative, finding solutions (like there is 0 effects on iMovie, but one can toggle with online enhancers/cuts etc) and not the program one has. If you want to make videos I would recommend to start with a basic editor!

[@Indiangerman1222]

Why are you not making edit on puyi and Manchurian that also part of Japan Empire

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

There are parts of Manchuko and Puyi in the videos "IJ-The perfect Girl" and "Taiwan is Japanesse". But will make a fully dedicated video about it in the future for sure

[@Indiangerman1222]

@@tatenokaienjoyer ok thanks

[@onkelmorra87]

We need a new stock market crash - a new great dwpression - that can not be mitigated by printing more money or taking on more debt. That's the only way to find our way back to our roots and the traditions of those who came before us.

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Exactly, that's one part of what ''acceleration'' stands for in my slogan. When things has gone so far away, it isn't possible to reform. Societal instability always works for the forces wanting to undermine it, that is us and the leftist progressives (who however are not pure opposition, but the systems useful idiots).

[@anasxeniadis5392]

Japan should get rid of US influence and become truly independent again. In that regard Kodoha was right.

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

America is a demon upon any soul she sets her eyes on

[@anasxeniadis5392]

@@tatenokaienjoyer yes, indeed...

[@TheWayoftheSith]

What are the best books about Imperial Way Japan ideology, culture, military history and war-like Zen philosophy?

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Mishimas Runaway Horses has everything (tough ofc in the form of novel) lot of talk about Shinto contra Buddhism, politics of early 30s Japan etc. Second of 4 books tough should be noted. Then if not in the form of a novel then Ikki Kita. General Kanji Ishiwara's book Armageddon. These are in the context of Japan from late Taishō Democracy til mid 30s. If in general for the ''reasoning'' behind it any of the many books concerning the warrior code; The Book of Five Rings, Bushido, Hagakure among others.

[@TheWayoftheSith]

@@tatenokaienjoyer You mean Bushido by Inazo Nitobe? What about Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan? And The Way of the Samurai by Inazo Nitobe? Also do you recommend, The Book of Samurai by Antony Cummins? Or How To Be A Modern Samurai By Antony Cummins, and The Book of Bushido: The Complete Guide to Real Samurai Chivalry By Antony Cummins? I'll put these into list format: *Bushido by Inazo Nitobe; Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan by Inazo Nitobe; and The Way of the Samurai by Inazo Nitobe *The Book of Samurai by Antony Cummins; How To Be A Modern Samurai By Antony Cummins; The Book of Bushido: The Complete Guide to Real Samurai Chivalry By Antony Cummins *The Book of Samurai by Antony Cummins; *Bushido: The Way of the Warrior by Bohdi Sanders *The Book of the Samurai by Stephen Turnbull

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

​@@TheWayoftheSith Yeah I would start with the source material for sure written by samurais/samurai decendents themselves, perhaps Bushido by Inazo Nitobe since its written to be easy to grasp. I have not read any of the others you mention tough, but as I said def start with the sources before ellaborating with modern context/writers etc (is what I would do).

[@TheWayoftheSith]

@@tatenokaienjoyer I found two books that may be of use for you that elaborate on the culture of Imperial-Way. The Goal of Japanese Expansion and The Culture of Japanese Fascism.

[@MarcDufresneosorusrex]

let's make analogy with the Europeans knights on a crusades. Would you say their cause had a "fascist undercurrent to it"? (before I forget, I don't wanna "bash" the Crusaders) so lets put it on an equal footing, would the Islamic conquest of Spain be described as "fascistic" ? Would the Spanish southern American conquest be described as "fascist?" the Western American expansion ? (why and/or why not?) obviously not directed at anyone personally , I wish people can see fascism can exist regardless of ethincity or culture. 🛐🛐 take care, life is a 🎁🎁

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

If you could write a little more precisely I would gladly oblige. But, yeah in my view the term ''Fascistic'' could describe any collectivist elite-theory militaristic world view. It is a non racial label, and this idea of ''warfare and honor'' more often than not brings people of different races together, in admiration towards each other.

[@lincolnhaldorsen5649]

Is that Amaterasu I see?

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

It is indeed

[@jugalkishorekanungo1878]

Please give me my question answer why Japanese not talking about current emperor and no edit are available about Naruhito 🇯🇵🇯🇵🇮🇳🇮🇳🙏🙏❤️🎌⛩️

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

The current status of the Emperor is limited to being only symbolic, and not even that fully (Imperial Rescript on the Construction of a New Japan/Humanity Declaration). This channel is only for creating videos about historical events/movements/figures etc. Hope that suffices as an answer.

[@jugalkishorekanungo1878]

@@tatenokaienjoyer thank you for this excellent work keep doing it❤️❤️🙏🙏🎌

[@p_a_r_a_b_e_l_l_u_m_]

0:13 who is he?

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Bit late, but thats the leader of the Kodoha General Sadao Araki. He is the guy with the mustache in the video also

[@pierren___]

Wheres the docu from ?

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Its a combo of many docs, stock footage etc

[@Indiangerman1222]

Hell Naruhito ❤

[@bektemisovabai]

❤❤

[@rudravlogger9805]

inspired by thebarestguy ?

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

Yep, great video and a song which I actually hadn't used before. But wanted to cover another chapter of history.

[@rudravlogger9805]

@@tatenokaienjoyer China vs Taiwan China vs India China vs Vietnam china vs Japan China vs Bhutan China vs Philippines China vs Laos China vs South Korea I A INDIAN STRONGLY BELIEVE WE NEED THE GREATER EAST ASIA CO-PROSPERITY SPHERE BACK TO PROTECT ASIA FROM THIS RED DEVIL AND THE COMMUNISTS

[@counttoku]

My beliefs are Toseiha, but for attacking the Soviet Union.

[@tatenokaienjoyer]

That view is the view of the Kōdōha tough. The so called Hokushin-ron (Strike north doctrine ergo Soviets) was their preferred military vision. The Tōseiha's doctrine was the strike south (USA/Australia etc). I sympathize more with the Kodoha, not in 'history' (cause I think the faction that compromised with the Zaibatsus were the only choice if going to war with any great power) but ideology overall. There was differences and infights within the groups ofc but this was the major military disagreement between the parts. Ideologically I sympathize with the Kōdōha, military outlook and vision of the world with the Tōseiha. Let's not even mention the navy, but they were on the Kōdōha's side in ideology, but with the Tōseiha on which part of the world to attack. I think that is a very nice and admirable compromise.

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@tatenokaienjoyerI’m pretty sure the navy was with the Toseiha all the way, they didn’t even flinch during 226 when the army actually had to think about wether they wanted to join the coup or not. I’m also pretty sure the navy didn’t have many prominent Kodoha members, or at least not like the army did

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@counttoku Why are you in favour of the strike north strategy? There’s little to no meaningful resources up there, it’s mostly just worthless, uninhabited taiga and tundra. And besides, the one foray they actually did do into the Soviet Union, Khalkhin Gol, was an absolute failure. The Japanese expedition was completely encircled and destroyed.

[@counttoku]

@@comrade_commissar3794 for one, the Japanese were outnumbered. Secondly, Tokyo withdrew air support leaving the ground troops to wither away due to Soviet air attacks. If you look at the casualty ratio of the aftermath of the battle, the Japanese expeditionary force did well for being outnumbered and inflicted heavy casualties on the Soviets. If the Japanese had committed an organized campaign against the Soviet Union, they more than likely could’ve pushed deep into Siberia. Finally, I am for an attack on the Soviets more so for ideological reasons. Communism is antithetical to the Imperial system. They were actively trying to spread Marxism to China, Korea, Japan etc. The Japanese Empire was blocking this. After Japan expanded southwards and started to get repealed by the Western Allies, the Soviets back stabbed the Japanese even after signing the non-aggression pact with them.

[@comrade_commissar3794]

@@counttoku Well it’s great that you hate communism and all, but the fact of the matter is, attacking the Soviet Union would be an extremely costly endeavour and even assuming it succeeds (which i’m very doubtful of), the Japanese would get almost nothing out of it other than what, Vladivostok? The strike south doctrine frankly had way more merit to it, especially occupying the dutch east indies, where there were vital resources of oil and rubber needed to sustain the Japanese war effort. Another point is that the Imperial Japanese Army already had their hands full in China, i don’t think they could really spare the men or resources for a campaign into the Soviet Union. Also the fact that the strike south doctrine lets the Japanese get a return on their massive investment that is their navy, which was currently sitting idle at the time. To be honest, i believe the Japanese would have been far better off if they had stuck to seizing European colonies, and not attacking the US held Philippines, because i don’t think the US could justify going to war just to protect European colonies, being a supposedly anti-colonial power. Interesting thing is that my great-grandfather served in this region, he was an Imperial Japanese Army Officer in Borneo.