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Sons of heaven : a portrait of the Japanese monarchy

Title: Sons of heaven : a portrait of the Japanese monarchy / Jerrold M. Packard.
Author: Packard, Jerrold M.
Publication: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, ©1987.

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Description

[vii], 400 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Alternative Title

Portrait of the Japanese monarchy

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

Bibliography: p. 379-385.

Contents

Imperial Noon: 1928 -- Origins: To the Fifth Century -- Foundations: Mid-Fifth Century to Late Eighth Century -- The Golden Epoch: Late Eighth Century to Thirteenth Century -- The Epoch of Unending Struggle: Thirteenth Century to Sixteenth Century -- Of God and Caesar--The Court Under Edo: Sixteenth Century to Nineteenth Century -- Imperial Reveille: Mid-Nineteenth Century to Early Twentieth Century -- Imperial Icon: 1900-1926 -- Showa--The Tempest: 1926-1945 -- Showa--Enlightened Peace: 1945 to the Present -- Japan's Emperors and Reigning Empresses -- Descendants of the Emperor Taisho -- The Imperial Rescript on Education -- The Imperial House Law -- World War II Surrender Documents -- Foreword to Scientific Paper by Hirohito.

ISBN

0684186330
9780684186337

LCCN

87020752

OCLC

ocm16404598
16404598
SCSB-1185878

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library