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Black Dragon

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. Black Daruma 黒字の炭だるま .

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2012 - Year of the Black Dragon

Korea celebrates the Lunar New Year holiday on
Sunday January 22, Monday January 23, and Tuesday January 24.
The Black Dragon Year is especially auspicious.


Black Dragon from Korea




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Black Dragon Society



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黒龍会
The Black Dragon Society -
Kyokuryuukai, Kyokuryukai



(Kyūjitai; 黑龍會; Shinjitai: 黒龍会, kyokuryūkai)
was a prominent paramilitary, ultranationalist right-wing group in Japan.

The Kokuryūkai was founded in 1901 by Uchida Ryohei, and was descended from the Genyōsha. (Uchida was a follower of Genyōsha founder Mitsuru Toyama.) Its name is derived from the Amur River, called Heilongjiang or "Black Dragon River" in Chinese (黑龍江), read as Kokuryū-kō in Japanese. Its public goal was to support efforts to drive the Russian Empire out of east Asia, south of the Amur River.

The Kokuryūkai initially made strenuous efforts to distance itself from the criminal elements of its predecessor, the Genyōsha. As a result, its membership included Cabinet Ministers and high-ranking military officers as well as professional secret agents. However, as time passed, it found the use of criminal activities to be a convenient 'means to an end' for many of its operations.

The Society published a journal, and operated an espionage training school, from which it dispatched agents to gather intelligence on Russian activities in Russia, Manchuria, Korea and China. It also pressured Japanese politicians to adopt a strong foreign policy. The Kokuryukai also supported Pan-Asianism, and lent financial support to revolutionaries such as Sun Yat-sen, and Emilio Aguinaldo.

During the Russo-Japanese War, annexation of Korea and Siberian Intervention, the Imperial Japanese Army made use of the Kokuryūkai network for espionage, sabotage and assassination. They organized Manchurian guerrillas against the Russians from the Chinese warlords and bandit chieftains in the region, the most important being Marshal Chang Tso-lin. The Black Dragons waged a very successful psychological warfare campaign in conjunction with the Japanese military, spreading disinformation and propaganda throughout the region. They also acted as interpreters for the Japanese army.
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Black Dragon River 黑龍江 / 黒龍江 / 黒竜江
Heilongjiang, Kokuryuukoo, Kokuryuko, Amur




The Amur or Heilong Jiang
(Even: Тамур (Tamur), Manchu: , Sahaliyan Ula; Chinese: 黑龙江; pinyin: Hēilóng Jiāng; Russian: река Аму́р)
is the world's tenth longest river, forming the border between the Russian Far East (Outer Manchuria) and Northeastern China (Inner Manchuria).
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