Emperors of Modern Japan.
Title:
Emperors of Modern Japan.
Author:
Shillony, Ben-Ami.
ISBN:
9789047442257
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (354 pages)
Series:
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan, 14 ; v.No. 14
Handbook of Oriental Studies. Section 5 Japan, 14
Contents:
Contents -- Introduction (Ben-Ami Shillony) -- PART ONE GENERAL THEMES -- The Strange Survival and Its Modern Signifi cance (Imatani Akira) -- The Way of Revering the Emperor: Imperial Philosophy and Bushido in Modern Japan (Christopher Goto-Jones) -- State Shinto and Emperor Veneration (Shimazono Susumu) -- Ise Jingu and Modern Emperorship (Rosemarie Bernard) -- The Emperor and the Left in Interwar Japan (Rikki Kersten) -- Conservative Dissatisfaction with the Modern Emperors (Ben-Ami Shillony) -- Emperors and Christianity (Ben-Ami Shillony) -- The Unreciprocated Gaze: Emperors and Photography (Julia Adeney Thomas) -- PART TWO INDIVIDUAL EMPERORS AND EMPRESSES -- The 'Great Emperor' Meiji (Hara Takeshi) -- Taisho: An Enigmatic Emperor and his Infl uential Wife (Hara Takeshi) -- Empress Nagako and the Family State (Sally A. Hastings) -- Axes to Grind: The Hirohito War Guilt C ontroversy in Japan (Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi) -- The Emperor in the Constitutional Debate (Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti) -- Akihito and the Problem of Succession (Takahashi Hiroshi) -- Contributors -- Chronology of the Japanese Emperors since the Mid-Nineteenth Century -- Recommended Books in English -- Index.
Abstract:
Offers a study of the Japanese emperors, and how the personalities, and the periods in which they reign(ed) have shaped Japanese monarchy, and our image of it. This title deals with topics such as the ideology behind the institution, the roles of the emperors and their wives, their visual representation, and their links to Christianity.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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