Sada Abe
20th-century Japanese murderer · Japan · On the map · Lived 1905 to 1979 · aged 74
Sada Abe was a Japanese geisha and prostitute who murdered her lover, Kichizō Ishida , via strangulation on May 18, 1936, before cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her kimono.
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Read more often than usual, most of all on 8 November.
7.2 times the usual readers on 8 November. 5,424 readers on 8 November, against about 749 a day before the rise.
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![Newspaper photo taken shortly after Abe's arrest, at Takanawa Police Station [ja], Tokyo on May 20, 1936](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Sada_Abe.jpg)
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The story became a national sensation in Japan, acquiring mythic overtones; it has also been interpreted by artists, philosophers, novelists and filmmakers. Abe was released after serving five years in prison and went on to write an autobiography.
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Lived 1905 to 1979 · aged 74
