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Sada Abe (阿部 定 Abe Sada May 28 1905 – after 1970) was a Japanese woman who is remembered for erotically asphyxiating her lover Kichizo Ishida (石田 吉蔵 Ishida Kichizō) on May 18 1936 and then cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her handbag. The story became a national sensation in Japan acquiring mythic overtones and has since been interpreted by artists philosophers novelists and filmmakers.
