page_title: Korean Patriotic Organization
section_title: Sakuradamon Incident
hierarchical_section_title: Korean Patriotic Organization / Sakuradamon Incident
caption_attribution_description: English: Arrested Lee Bong-chang日本語: 拘束された李奉昌
context_page_description: Korean Patriotic Organization, also known as Korean Patriotic Corps or Korean Patriotic Legion, was a secret organization that aimed to assassinate prominent Japanese figures of the Empire of Japan. It was one of the independence movements propelled by the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. The Korean Patriotic Organization was founded by Kim Gu, president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. Its executives were Kim Suk, Ahn Gong-geun, Lee Su-bong, and Lee Yu-pil. Notable members included Yoo Sang-geun, Yoo Jin-man, Yun Bong-gil, Lee Bong-chang, Lee Duk-ju, and Choi Heung-sik.
context_section_description: In late 1931, Kim Gu sent Lee Bong-chang to Tokyo to assassinate the Japanese Emperor Hirohito (昭和天皇). Bong-chang arrived in Tokyo in early January 1932. On January 8, Hirohito was exiting the Imperial Palace grounds, for a military review in a Tokyo suburb with Puyi, Emperor of Manchukuo. In front of the Sakuradamon Gate, Bong-chang threw a hand grenade that detonated away from Hirohito, killing some carriage horses. Bong-chang pulled out the Taegukgi (the national flag of South Korea) and shouted, "Daehan Dokrip Manse" (Korean: 대한독립만세; Hanja: 大韓獨立萬歲, Long Live Korean Independence) three times. He was immediately arrested by police. Lee Bong-chang did not respond to any question by the police and was sentenced to death in a closed trial on September 30. He was executed in Ichigaya Prison on October 10.
  This incident fueled the anti-Japanese independence movement. Kuomintang of China spotlighted this incident in its official organ, Kukmin Ilbo (Korean, 국민일보). At the same time, this and similar incidents led to Japan taking action in the form of the Shanghai War of 1932.
caption: Lee Bong-chang under arrest
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