Sakae Ōsugi

Ōsugi Sakae was a Japanese anarchist, writer, and social critic of the Taishō period. His thought centered on individualism, direct action, and the "expansion of the ego" as philosophical underpinnings for social and personal revolution. His advocacy of free love and his controversial personal life, which included simultaneous relationships with three women, led to a violent attack against him and his temporary ostracism from the socialist movement.