Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix

Finally, Ruoff examines recent developments, including the abdication of Emperor Akihito and the heir crisis, which have brought to the forefront the fragility of the imperial line under the current legal system, leading to calls for reform.

To understand the monarchy’s function in contemporary Japan, the author analyzes issues such as the role of individual emperors in shaping the institution, the intersection of the monarchy with politics, the emperor’s and the nation’s responsibility for the war, nationalistic movements in support of the monarchy, and the remaking of the once-sacrosanct throne into a “people’s imperial house” embedded in the postwar culture of democracy. occupation and then turns to its evolution since the Japanese regained the power to shape it. Many Japanese continue to define the nation’s identity through the imperial house, making it a window into Japan’s postwar history.Ruoff begins by examining the reform of the monarchy during the U.S. 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. Bix offers the first complete, unvarnished look at the enigmatic leader whose sixty-three-year reign ushered Japan into the modern world. 'With the ascension of a new emperor and the dawn of the Reiwa Era, Kenneth J. Hirohito And The Making Of Modern Japan Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize In this groundbreaking biography of the Japanese emperor Hirohito, Herbert P.

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Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert P. Bix