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  • By the way, Konrad, for your interest re: post-anpo apostasy tenko, Igarashi mentions Shimizu Ikutaro.

    Oe and Millenarian Movements 2005

  • About 2000 hours, as we were settling down for the night, we were routed out for tenko (counting) — 1,308.

    Blood Brothers Jacobs, Col Eugene 1985

  • About 2000 hours, as we were settling down for the night, we were routed out for tenko (counting) - 1,308.

    Blood Brothers A Medic's Sketch Book Colonel Eugene C. Jacobs

  • This is actually a pet project of mine my interest in “tenko” issues goes along with my general interest in treason and betrayal in modern East Asia and I hope to have a full article length piece on this at some point – though I’m still working through my approach, let alone the huge amount of reading in Japanese works I want to do for this…

    Post-Anpo Apostasy 2005

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