Imperial Japan at Its Zenith: The Wartime Celebration of the Empire's 2,600th Anniversary
(Part of the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University Series)
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In 1940, Japan was into its third year of war with China, and relations with the United States were deteriorating, but it was a heady time for the Japanese nonetheless. That year, the Japanese commemorated the 2,600th anniversary of the founding of the Empire of Japan. According to the imperial myth-history, Emperor Jimmu, descended from the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, established the "unbroken imperial line" in 660 BCE. In carefully choreographed...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801479789
ISBN13:9780801479786
Release Date:September 2014
Publisher:Cornell University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.89 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.7" x 9.6"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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