LEADER 04253nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910815065703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-08916-1 010 $a9786612089169 010 $a90-04-21337-6 024 7 $a10.1163/ej.9781905246359.i-272 035 $a(CKB)3390000000015163 035 $a(EBL)771995 035 $a(OCoLC)753480455 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000298650 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12116613 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000298650 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10363050 035 $a(PQKB)11142898 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC771995 035 $a(OCoLC)74969346 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004213371 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL771995 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10497401 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL208916 035 $a(PPN)174396503 035 $a(EXLCZ)993390000000015163 100 $a20111028d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHirohito$b[electronic resource] $ethe Sho?wa Emperor in war and peace /$fIkuhiko Hata ; edited by Marius B. Jansen 210 $aFolkestone, Kent, U.K. $cGlobal Oriental$d2007 215 $a1 online resource (300 p.) 225 0 $aBrill eBook titles 2010 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-905246-35-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tPreliminary Material /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $t1. Emperor Hirohito And The February 26 Army Uprising /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $t2. The Decision To End The War /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $t3. Schemes For Survival Of The Imperial Line /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $t4. One Thousand Letters That Saved The Emperor /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $t5. Emperor Hirohito Is Not To Abdicate /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $t6. The Emperor Hirohito In War And Peace ? Confrontation With MacArthur /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen -- $tIndex /$rI. Hata and M. B. Jansen. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aEmperors$zJapan 607 $aJapan$xHistory$ySho?wa period, 1926-1989 607 $aJapan$xPolitics and government$y1926-1989 615 0$aEmperors 676 $a952.033092 700 $aHata$b Ikuhiko$0475901 701 $aJansen$b Marius B$0636672 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815065703321 996 $aHirohito$93935098 997 $aUNINA