People’s Emperor

Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945–1995

AvKenneth J. Ruoff

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Del 211 i serien Harvard East Asian Monographs

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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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2003-02-28
Mått:152 x 229 x 27 mm
Vikt:494 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Harvard East Asian Monographs
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:Harvard University, Asia Center
ISBN:9780674010888
Utmärkelser:Nominated for John K. Fairbank Prize in East Asian History 2002

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Kenneth J. Ruoff is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Japanese Studies at Portland State University.

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Ruoff is a clear-eyed observer of the post-occupation battle for Japan’s soul that pitted left against right over issues such as constitutional revision, the reign-names system and the authenticity of the national foundation myth. In doing so, he breaks down the all-too-prevalent tendency to view Japanese politics, of the immediate postwar and present, as monolithic and staunchly conservative.