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Front cover of Bessatsu Liberal magazine inaugural issue, September 1952, featuring a painted portrait of a woman

Fujita Seiko Bessatsu Liberal Feature – September 1, 1952 Issue

09/01/1952

Japanese title
忍術スパイ合戦
Publication
Bessatsu Liberal (別冊リベラル)
Type
Magazine
Language
Japanese
Collection
Fujita Seiko Collection
Authors
Fujita Seiko
People
Fujita Seiko

Notes

Rare eight-page article published in the September 1952 inaugural issue of Bessatsu Liberal (別冊リベラル). Drawing upon his own wartime intelligence experience, Fujita Seiko examines Kōga-ryū espionage traditions alongside modern military intelligence, describing agent recruitment, operational security, disguise, clandestine communications, counterintelligence methods, and covert fieldcraft. Includes complete scans of the original Japanese article and a full English translation.

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Fujita Seiko Bessatsu Liberal is a complete English translation and page-by-page scan archive of the rare September 1952 Bessatsu Liberal article “Ninjutsu Spy Battle” (忍術スパイ合戦) by Fujita Seiko. Originally published in the inaugural issue of Bessatsu Liberal, this feature explores Kōga-ryū espionage methods, Japanese military intelligence, and wartime counterintelligence during World War II.

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