The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945-1995

(Book #211 in the Harvard East Asian Monographs Series)

by Kenneth J. Ruoff

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674010884

ISBN13:9780674010888

Release Date:February 2003

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:360 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"

Related Subjects

Asia Education & Reference Ethnic & National Geography History Japan Japanese Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Regional World

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