In 1921, Zenjiro Yasuda was probably the richest man in the whole Japan, with 200M yen in his personal assets when Japan’s national budget was only like 1600M yen.
He created a whole damn financial group, Yasuda-Zaibatsu, in his lifetime. Even after the dissolution of *Zaibatsu*, companies of the former Yasuda group like *Mizuho Bank*, *Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance*, or *Sompo Japan Insurance* are still enormously influential to this day.
But as Japan went through the Depression of 1920, his wealth inevitably attracted the envy of the masses. One such was Heigo Asahi, who was a veteran, a Buddhist, and a nationalist.
Asahi had been fired from multiple jobs, and lost a fortune in the stock market in 1920, all while Yasuda was wallowing in riches. He asked for an interview with Yasuda under a pseudonym, with the murderous intention in his mind.
On September 28th, 1921, Asahi was finally allowed to have an interview and entered Yasuda’s villa in ÅŒiso…and stabbed him with a knife, then cut his own throat and died. In his suicide note, Asahi stated that Yasuda’s death was “*tenchu*”, a divine punishment.
48 years later, Zenjiro Yasuda’s great-granddaughter, Yoko Ono, got married to John Lennon. According to some account, upon seeing Yasuda’s photo, John said “*That’s me in a former life!*” and Yoko replied “*Don’t say that, he was assassinated*”.
Also in the old Japanese calendar (which had been used till 1872), Zenjiro Yasuda was born on October 9th, which is the same birthday as John Lennon.
**TL;DR: Yoko Ono’s great-grandfather, Zenjiro Yasuda was a rich guy who was stabbed to death by a rando, and had the same birthday as John Lennon**
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In 1921, Zenjiro Yasuda was probably the richest man in the whole Japan, with 200M yen in his personal assets when Japan’s national budget was only like 1600M yen.
He created a whole damn financial group, Yasuda-Zaibatsu, in his lifetime. Even after the dissolution of *Zaibatsu*, companies of the former Yasuda group like *Mizuho Bank*, *Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance*, or *Sompo Japan Insurance* are still enormously influential to this day.
But as Japan went through the Depression of 1920, his wealth inevitably attracted the envy of the masses. One such was Heigo Asahi, who was a veteran, a Buddhist, and a nationalist.
Asahi had been fired from multiple jobs, and lost a fortune in the stock market in 1920, all while Yasuda was wallowing in riches. He asked for an interview with Yasuda under a pseudonym, with the murderous intention in his mind.
On September 28th, 1921, Asahi was finally allowed to have an interview and entered Yasuda’s villa in ÅŒiso…and stabbed him with a knife, then cut his own throat and died. In his suicide note, Asahi stated that Yasuda’s death was “*tenchu*”, a divine punishment.
48 years later, Zenjiro Yasuda’s great-granddaughter, Yoko Ono, got married to John Lennon. According to some account, upon seeing Yasuda’s photo, John said “*That’s me in a former life!*” and Yoko replied “*Don’t say that, he was assassinated*”.
Also in the old Japanese calendar (which had been used till 1872), Zenjiro Yasuda was born on October 9th, which is the same birthday as John Lennon.
**TL;DR: Yoko Ono’s great-grandfather, Zenjiro Yasuda was a rich guy who was stabbed to death by a rando, and had the same birthday as John Lennon**
Further readings: [Zenjiro Yasuda](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuda_Zenjir%C5%8D), and [his assassination](https://www.fccj.or.jp/number-1-shimbun-article/you-cant-catch-me)
Foreshadowing is literature device
Now everything makes sense!
It’s like poetry