jail saved many from facing further charges. Kanno, who was found not guilty during the Red Flag trials, was arrested, tried, and sentenced to death in the High Treason trials. Aftermath The High Treason Incident created a shift in the intellectual environment of the late Meiji period towards more control and heightened repression for ideologies deemed potentially subversive. It is often cited as one of the factors leading to the promulgation of the Peace Preservation Laws. A plea for a retrial was submitted after the end of the Second World War, but this was turned down by the Supreme Court in 1967. References Books 1910 in Japan Anarchism in Japan Anti-anarchism History of anarchism Politics of the Empire of Japan Failed assassination attempts in Japan Failed regicides Treason trials Incidents in the history of Buddhism in Japan Buddhism in the Meiji period Meiji socialism