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Emperor Hirohito reigned for more than sixty years, yet we know little about him or the part he really played in the turbulent history of Showa Japan.Stephen Large draws on a wide range of Japanese and Western sources in his study of Emperor Hirohito's political role in Showa Japan (1926-89). This analysis focuses on key events in his career such as the extent to which he bore responsibility for Japanese aggression in the Pacific in 1941, and explains why Hirohito remains such a contested symbol in Japanese post war politics.
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"This reexamination of the controversial role Emperor Hirohito played during the Pacific War gives particular attention to the question: If the emperor could not stop Japan from going to war with the Allied Powers in 1941, why was he able to play a crucial role in ending the war in 1945?"
World War, 1939-1945 --- Hirohito, --- Shōwa Tennō, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- 裕仁, --- 昭和天皇, --- 昭和, --- World War (1939-1945) --- J3384 --- J2284.80 --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period -- World War II (1931-1945) --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- Gendai, modern (1926- ), Shōwa, 20th century --- Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, --- World War --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁
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No nation was more deeply affected by America's rise to world power than Japan. President Franklin Roosevelt's unprecedented policy of unconditional surrender led to the catastrophic finale of the Asia-Pacific War and the most intrusive international reconstruction of another nation in modern history. Japan in the American Century examines how Japan, with its deeply conservative heritage, responded to the imposition of a new liberal order. The price Japan paid to end the occupation was a cold war alliance with the United States that ensured America's dominance in the region. Still traumatized by its wartime experience, Japan developed a grand strategy of dependence on U.S. security guarantees so that the nation could concentrate on economic growth. Yet from the start, despite American expectations, Japan reworked the American reforms to fit its own circumstances and cultural preferences, fashioning distinctively Japanese variations on capitalism, democracy, and social institutions.--
Japan --- United States --- Civilization --- American influences. --- Foreign relations --- History --- Politics and government --- Anpo. --- Franklin D. Roosevelt. --- Hirohito. --- Hiroshima. --- Mutual Security Treaty. --- Truman. --- World War 2 Japan. --- World War II Japan. --- unconditional surrender policy.
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This is a most important new work on Emperor Hirohito by one of Japan’s leading historians, Ikuhiko Hata. Following the untimely death of Marius B. Jansen (Emeritus Professor, University of Princeton) in December 2000, who had been actively collaborating with the author and translator of the original Japanese edition ( Hirohito Tenno itsutsu no ketsudan , first published in 1987 and republished in 1994), it was inevitable that there would be a delay in publication of the English edition, which is finally now available. In his extended Foreword as editor, referring to the nature of Hirohito’s power, Jansen states: ‘We are left with puzzles that will probably never be resolved. Clearly, as Professor Hata and others have shown, the Emperor Hirohito had immense power, but the condition of retaining it was judicious restraint in exercising it.’ In offering a view on the merits of Hata’s research, Jansen points to the hitherto unknown plots (in parallel but unrelated) by both the Army and Navy to preserve, and if necessary resuscitate, the imperial line in the event the victors decided to depose Hirohito. Jansen also points to the merits of Hata’s particular focus on the contribution Hirohito made to Japan in its post-war relations with the United States. Jansen added substantive notes to help place the author’s material in historical and historiographical perspective. The book, which is not a biography or a general history of the Showa era, focuses on five decisions taken by Emperor Hirohito, which the author considers the key turning points of his reign: these concern the 26 February 1936 insurrection of young army officers, the termination of the Pacific War, the post-war constitution, the issue of abdication and the San Francisco Peace Treaty.
Emperors --- Japanese emperors --- Hirohito, --- Shōwa, --- Yuren, --- 裕仁, --- 昭和天皇, --- 昭和, --- Japan --- History --- Politics and government --- J3381 --- J3384 --- J2284.80 --- J4624 --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period (1926-1989) --- Japan: History -- Gendai, modern -- Shōwa period -- World War II (1931-1945) --- Japan: Genealogy and biography -- biographies -- Gendai, modern (1926- ), Shōwa, 20th century --- Japan: Politics and law -- state -- emperor --- Empereurs --- Japon --- Histoire --- Shōwa --- Yuren --- Hirohito --- 裕仁 --- 昭和天皇 --- 昭和 --- 迪宮裕仁 --- MacArthur, Douglas,
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Companion to the exhibition “Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain”, KU Leuven University Library, 28 October 2022 - 15 January 2023With more than 3,000 titles in almost 14,000 volumes, the 1920s Japanese book donation to the University of Leuven/Louvain constitutes an invaluable time capsule of Japan’s pre-modern culture in all its diversity and richness. A century on, the time is right to take a new look at its contents, as well as its history and the political, social and cultural context surrounding the donation. To commemorate its centenary, the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) and the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) have joined forces to set up a special exhibition under the title “Japan’s Book Donation to the University of Louvain. Japanese Cultural Identity and Modernity in the 1920s” (October 2022–January 2023), at the University Library of KU Leuven.The present book has been compiled for the occasion of the exhibition, to serve as a durable guide to the magnificent book donation and its historical background, and as a reference for further research in the future. In five essays by historians of politics, media, culture, and arts of Japan, it offers a richly illustrated overview of the history of the donation and its wider historical context, providing illuminating insights into the vibrant 1920s in Japan, its politics, society, and popular culture. The reader is further invited to explore a sample of 65 remarkable and rare items from the donation, which were carefully selected for inclusion in the exhibition and are provided here with a detailed description. Moreover, the reader is introduced to 41 representative items, including visually captivating commercial and political posters related to Japan’s modernity in the 1920s, which represent mass culture, progress, and tensions, and highlight both imperial ambitions and a willingness to contribute to international cooperation.
Exhibition catalogues & specific collections --- Japan;Leuven;1920s;Donation;Interwar Period;Edo Period;Taisho Period;First World War;Philanthropy;Cultural Diplomacy;Pre-modern book history;Culture;Society;Media, Fashion;Art;Print;Emperor Hirohito --- Universite catholique de Louvain (1835-1969) --- History --- Japan --- Civilization --- Louvain. --- UCL --- UCL/KUL et Louvain (1835-1969) --- Catholic University of Louvain (1835-1969) --- Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1835-1969) --- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1835-1969) --- KUL --- KUL/UCL en Leuven (1835-1969) --- Université de Louvain (1835-1969) --- Universiteit te Leuven (1835-1969) --- University of Louvain (1835-1969) --- Universitas Lovaniensis (1835-1969) --- Universitas Catholica Lovaniensis (1835-1969) --- Li︠u︡vensʹkyĭ katolyt︠s︡ʹkyĭ universytet (1835-1969) --- Katholische Universität Löwen (1835-1969) --- Université de Louvain (1425-1797) --- Université catholique de Louvain (1970- ) --- Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven (1970- ) --- al-Yābān --- Giappone --- Government of Japan --- Iapōnia --- I︠A︡ponii︠a︡ --- Japam --- Japani --- Japão --- Japon --- Japonia --- Japonsko --- Japonya --- Jih-pen --- Mư̄ang Yīpun --- Nihon --- Nihon-koku --- Nihonkoku --- Nippon --- Nippon-koku --- Nipponkoku --- Prathēt Yīpun --- Riben --- State of Japan --- Yābān --- Yapan --- Yīpun --- Zhāpān --- Япония --- اليابان --- يابان --- 日本 --- 日本国 --- Jepun --- Yapon --- Yapon Ulus --- I︠A︡pon --- Япон --- I︠A︡pon Uls --- Япон Улс --- 1900-1999
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