Guillotine Society
| Guillotine Society | |
|---|---|
| ギロチン社 | |
| Leader | Nakahama Tetsu |
| Dates of operation | 1922–1926 |
| Country | Japan |
| Motives | Revenge for the Amakasu Incident |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Major actions | Attempted assassination of Edward Windsor, Hirohito and Masahiko Amakasu |
The Guillotine Society (Japanese: ギロチン社, romanized: Girochinsha) was a Japanese anarchist terrorist group that carried out a series of unsuccessful assassination attempts during the 1920s. Among the group's targets were the prince of Wales Edward Windsor, the Japanese crown prince Hirohito and the Imperial Japanese Army officers Masahiko Amakasu and Masatarō Fukuda.