Masanosuke Watanabe
member of the Japanese Communist Party (1899-1928)
Masanosuke Watanabe (渡辺 政之輔, Watanabe Masanosuke; (1899-09-07)September 7, 1899 - (1928-10-06)October 6, 1928) was a Japanese labor activist who served as the chairman of the Japanese Communist Party from March 1928 until his death in October 1928, while the party was outlawed under the Peace Preservation Law.
Early life
Watanabe was born in 1899 in Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture. He was the son of a tatami mat maker. After graduating primary school in 1912, he went to Tokyo to work in a wine shop. In 1917, he worked in a celluloid factory in Kamedo section of Tokyo. While employed there, Watanabe got a tattoo of the name "Kou", after his girlfriend Nomura Kou, on his left forearm.
Political activism
Watanabe organized the National Celluloid Workers Union in Tokyo in 1919. He joined the Japanese Communist Party soon after its establishment in 1922. He used the alias "Asano" during his years in the Communist Party. On 15 March, 1924, he married Tanno Setsu, a labour activist, and member of the Communist Party.
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