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

by Kenneth J. Ruoff

Book Overview

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"