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First edition hard back binding in publisher's original grey cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9'' x 5�''. Contains [xxviii] 272 printed pages of text. 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 i
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Hirohito
Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
This article is about the emperor of Japan. For other uses, see Hirohito (disambiguation).
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| Reign | 25 December 1926 – 7 January 1989 | ||||
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| Enthronement | 10 November 1928 | ||||
| Predecessor | Taishō | ||||
| Successor | Akihito | ||||
| Regency | 25 November 1921 – 25 December 1926 | ||||
| Monarch | Taishō | ||||
| Born | Hirohito, Prince Michi (迪宮裕仁親王) (1901-04-29)29 April 1901 Tōgū Palace, Aoyama, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Died | 7 January 1989(1989-01-07) (aged 87) Fukiage Palace, Tokyo, Japan | ||||
| Burial | 24 February 1989 Musashi Imperial Graveyard, Hachiōji | ||||
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| House | Imperial House of Japan | ||||
| Father | Emperor Taishō | ||||
| Mother | Sadako Kujō | ||||
| Religion | Shinto | ||||
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Hirohito[a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa,[b] was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. He remains Japan's longest-reigning emperor as well as one of the world's longest-reigning monarchs. As emperor during the Shōwa era, Hirohito oversaw the rise of Japanese militarism, Japan's expansio