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ON 13 OCTOBER IN JAPAN’S HISTORY To see another date, on Internet (Google…) type “On (date + month) in Japan’s history” Updated on October 13, 2019 1282: Death of Nichiren, a Japanese Buddhist monk founder of Nichiren Buddhism, (see October 12) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nichiren 1938: Chinese troops withdrew from the Wanjialing area in Jiangxi, China, the site of a large victory three days prior on Japanese 106th division. 1941: Birth of Tadao Ando, Japanese architect http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/ando.html 1950: Japan cancels the early plan to purge 10,000 persons in the frame of the post-war purges 1973: Birth of Nanako Matsushima, Japanese actress http://yummycelebrities.com/2005/11/25/matsushima-nanako-profile-and-biography/ 2012: Death of Tomonobu Imamichi, Japanese philosopher, born on November 22, 1922 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomonobu_Imamichi 2012: Death of Saiichi Maruya, Japanese author and critic, born on August 27, 1925 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saiichi_Maruya 2013: Death of Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman , born on February 6, 1919 http://www.tributes.com/obituary/read/Takashi-Yanase-96540698