Japan's imperial house in the postwar era, 1945-2019 /

Japan's imperial house in the postwar era, 1945-2019 /

With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Ruoff has expanded upon and updated The People's Emperor, his study of the monarchy's role as a political, societal, and cultural institution in contemporary Japan. Many Japanese continue to define the nation...

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Hlavní autor: Ruoff, Kenneth J. (Kenneth James), 1966- (Autor)
Médium: Kniha
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Asia Center, 2020.
Edice:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 432.
Témata:
Hirohito, > Emperor of Japan, > 1901-1989.
Akihito, > Emperor Emeritus of Japan, > 1933-
Since 1900
Monarchy > Japan > History > 20th century.
Democracy > Japan > History > 20th century.
Constitutional history > Japan.
Royal houses > Japan > History > 20th century.
Histoire constitutionnelle > Japon.
Maisons royales > Japon > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Constitutional history.
Democracy.
Kings and rulers.
Monarchy.
Politics and government.
Royal houses.
Monarchie
Japan > Politics and government > 1945-
Japan > Kings and rulers.
Japon > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-
Japan.
Japan
History.
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Obsah:
  • 1 The Monarchy, "660 BCE"-1945 p. 20
  • The Making of the Modern Monarchy p. 22
  • The Monarchy after World War I p. 33
  • The Emperor System and the Fifteen-Year War, 1931-45 p. 37
  • 2 The Constitutional Symbolic Monarchy p. 47
  • The Symbolic Monarchy as Japanese Tradition p. 49
  • Interpreting the Emperor's New Role p. 57
  • The Imperial Decoration System p. 72
  • Contesting the Symbolic Monarchy p. 74
  • Official Legitimization p. 83
  • The "Constitutional Symbolic Monarchy Under Popular Sovereignty" p. 91
  • 3 Ministerial Briefings and Emperor Hirohito in Politics p. 94
  • Briefings Under the New Constitution and the Occupation, 1947-52 p. 99
  • The Post-Occupation Period p. 114
  • 4 Imperial War Responsibility and Apologies p. 135
  • Emperor Hirohito's New Clothes p. 136
  • Emperor Hirohito and General Charles de Gaulle: Referents for Sanitized Memories of the War in Japan and France p. 145
  • The Right's Endorsement of the Symbolic Monarchy p. 148
  • Imperial Apologies and the Constitution p. 153
  • 5 Nationalistic Movements to Restore Cultural Symbols of the Monarchy p. 169
  • The Foundation Day Re-establishment Movement p. 171
  • The Movement to Perpetuate the Reign-Name System p. 195
  • 2019 Adendum p. 214
  • 6 The "Monarchy of the Masses" p. 216
  • Hirohito, Emperor of the People? p. 218
  • The Emergence of Crown Prince Akihito p. 226
  • An Imperial "Love Match" p. 235
  • Backlash against the Monarchy of the Masses p. 254
  • The Warm, Fuzzy Heisei Monarchy p. 261
  • 7 From the Heisei Era to the Reiwa Era p. 272
  • The Heisei Agenda p. 283
  • Mixed Messages and Absences p. 308
  • The Reiwa Era p. 317
  • 8 The Abdication of Emperor Akihito and the Fragility of the Imperial Line p. 327
  • The Abdication in Historical Context p. 329
  • The Fragility of the Imperial Line p. 339.

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