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.
| ISBN: | 9780674010888 |
| Publication date: | 28th February 2003 |
| Author: | Kenneth J Ruoff |
| Publisher: | Harvard University, Asia Center |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 360 pages |
| Series: | Harvard East Asian Monographs |
| Genres: |
Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours Asian history Political structure and processes |
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.
The People’s Emperor features in the following genres: Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, Asian history, Political structure and processes
The People’s Emperor is available in Paperback
The People’s Emperor was written by Kenneth J Ruoff and published by Harvard University, Asia Center
The People’s Emperor has 360 pages
Yes it is part of Harvard East Asian Monographs series