Japan's imperial house in the postwar era, 1945-2019 / / Kenneth J. Ruoff.

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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Superior document:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 432
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, Massachusetts ;, London : : Harvard University Asia Center,, [2020]
2020
Year of Publication:2020
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Harvard East Asian monographs ; 432.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Notes:Revision of The people's emperor : democracy and the Japanese monarchy, 1945-1995.
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Table of Contents:
  • Copyright Page / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Dedication / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Figures / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Acknowledgments / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Abbreviations / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Introduction / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 1 The Monarchy, "660 BCE"-1945 / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 2 The Constitutional Symbolic Monarchy / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 3 Ministerial Briefings and Emperor Hirohito in Politics / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 4 Imperial War Responsibility and Apologies / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 5 Nationalistic Movements to Restore Cultural Symbols of the Monarchy / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 6 The "Monarchy of the Masses" / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 7 From the Heisei Era to the Reiwa Era / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • chapter 8 The Abdication of Emperor Akihito and the Fragility of the Imperial Line / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Conclusion / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Notes / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Works Cited / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Index / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff
  • Harvard East Asian Monographs (most recent titles) / Author: Kenneth J. Ruoff.