Editing Tatenokai (section)

{{Short description|Nationalist private militia in Japan (1968–70)}}
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{{Infobox militant organization
| name = Tatenokai
| other_name = Shield Society 
| native_name = {{lang|ja|楯の會}}
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| active = 1968–1970
| country = {{flag|Japan}}
| allegiance = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Japanese Emperor.svg}} [[Emperor of Japan]]
| ideology = [[Japanese nationalism]]<br>[[Ultranationalism (Japan)|Ultranationalism]]<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=Nicholas |editor-last=Bornoff |title=Pink Samurai: The Pursuit and Politics of Sex in Japan |date=1991 |page=432 }}</ref><br>[[Traditionalist conservatism|Traditionalism]]<br>[[Anti-communism]]<br>[[Monarchism]]
| position = [[Far-right]]
| crimes = "[[Yukio Mishima#Coup attempt and ritual suicide|Mishima Incident]]" (25 November 1970)
| status = Dissolved
| size = 100
| financing = Privately funded
| leader = [[Yukio Mishima]]
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The {{Nihongo|'''Tatenokai'''|楯の会, 楯の會}} or '''Shield Society''' was a [[private militia]] in Japan dedicated to traditional Japanese values and veneration of the [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]].<ref name="henkaku">{{cite journal |last=Mishima |first=Yukio |date=1970-01-21 |script-title=ja:「変革の思想」とは―道理の実現 |trans-title=What is "Thought of Revolution": Realization of the Reason |language=ja |journal=[[Yomiuri Shimbun]] }} collected in {{Harvnb|complete36|2003|pp=30–38}} (of that in pp.33–35)</ref><ref name="o-ency-tate">{{Harvnb|O-Encyclo|1976|pp=246–247}}</ref><ref name="ando-tate">{{Harvnb|Ando|1998|pp=259-261}}</ref> It was founded and led by author [[Yukio Mishima]].<ref name="o-ency-tate"/> The private militia was officially founded in 1968 for the purpose of preventing [[aggression|indirect aggression]] by proponents of foreign ideology seeking to destroy Japanese traditional culture, and protecting the dignity of the Emperor as a symbol of Japan's national identity.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Mishima |first=Yukio |date=1968 |script-title=ja:「楯の会」のこと |trans-title=About the "Tatenokai" |language=ja |journal=Pamphlet Celebrating the First Anniversary of the Founding of the "Tatenokai" }} collected in {{Harvnb|complete35|2003|pp=720–727}} (of that in pp.724–725), {{Harvnb|Suzuki|2005|pp=72–80}} (of that in pp.77–78)</ref><ref name="o-ency-tate"/><ref>{{Harvnb|Encyclo|2000|pp=210–211, 519–520, 523–524}}</ref>

The name of Tatenokai comes from two classical ''[[Waka (poetry)|waka]]'', one from the [[7th century]] [[Asuka period]] and the other from the [[19th century]] [[Edo period]], which express the determination to become a shield to protect the Emperor.<ref name="o-ency-tate"/><ref name="juro-4-na">{{Harvnb|Jurō|2005|pp=164–165}}</ref><ref name="higun-na">{{Harvnb|Suzuki|2005|p=38}}</ref>