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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
  • Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
  • Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-1989
  • Emperors > Japan > History
  • Monarchy > Japan > History
  • Emperors
  • Monarchy
  • POLITICAL CONDITIONS
  • HISTORY
  • MONARCHY
  • JAPAN
  • Japan
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