was then taken to Kempeitai headquarters shortly before once again being sent home. On October 27th, Nakano Seigō committed suicide. The circumstances surrounding his death had been a source of debate since the incident happened. It is speculated that at the Kempeitai headquarters, the officers there coerced him into taking his own life by threatening his family. Before Nakano committed suicide, the portraits of Hitler and Mussolini in his room were placed with a statue of Kusunoki Masashige, a samurai known for his intense loyalty, and a biography of Saigō Takamori, a figure he had admired for all of his life. 20,000 men attended his funeral. See also Kita Ikki Japanese militarism Japanese nationalism Japanese fascism References Populist Nationalism in Pre-War Japan: A Biography of Nakano Seigo by Leslie Russel Oates, 1985, description "Nakano Seigo and the Spirit of the Meiji Restoration in Twentieth-Century Japan" by T. Najita in Dilemmas of Growth in Prewar Japan edited by James William Morley, "Nakano Seigō – Populist, Fascist, Pan-Asianist" by Stefano von Loe in: Pan-Asianism A Documentary History, Volume 1, 1850-1920, eds. Sven Saaler und Christopher W. A. Szpilman, Rowman and Littlefield, March 2011, External links Nakano, Seigo at National Diet Library, Japan 1886 births 1943 suicides People from Fukuoka Japanese politicians who committed suicide Seppuku from Meiji period to present Members of the House of Representatives (Empire of Japan) Kokumin Dōmei politicians Suicides by sharp instrument in Japan Shōwa Statism Japanese fascists 1943 deaths