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The People's Emperor : Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995 / Kenneth J. Ruoff.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruoff, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James), 1966- author.
- Series:
- Harvard East Asian monographs ; 211.
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection ISBN: 9789004407077.
- Harvard East Asian Monographs ; 211
- Harvard University Asia Center E-Book Collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional history--Japan.
- Constitutional history.
- Monarchy.
- History.
- Democracy.
- Japan.
- Democracy--Japan--History--20th century.
- Monarchy--Japan--History--20th century.
- Japan--Politics and government--1989-.
- Politics and government.
- Japan--Politics and government--1945-1989.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Other Title:
- Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden; Boston : BRILL, 2001.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Few institutions are as well suited as the monarchy to provide a window on postwar Japan. The monarchy, which is also a family, has been significant both as a political and as a cultural institution. This comprehensive study analyzes numerous issues, including the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution, the manner in which the emperor's constitutional position as symbol has been interpreted, the emperor's intersection with politics through ministerial briefings, memories of Hirohito's wartime role, nationalistic movements in support of Foundation Day and the reign-name system, and the remaking of the once sacrosanct throne into a "monarchy of the masses" embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. The author stresses the monarchy's "postwarness, " rather than its traditionality.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction
- The Monarchy, "660 B.C."-1945
- The Constitutional Symbolic Monarchy
- Ministerial Briefings and Emperor Hirohito in Politics
- Imperial War Responsibility and Apologies
- Nationalistic Movements to Restore Cultural Symbols of the Monarchy
- The "Monarchy of the Masses"
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Harvard East Asian Monographs.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995,
- ISBN:
- 9781684173709
- 9780674010888
- OCLC:
- 604283598
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9781684173709 DOI
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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