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新たな国際秩序と日本の役割
Full text linkキックオフシンポジウム「日本文明の再構築 : 岩倉使節団150周年に寄せて」, 国際日本文化研究センター, 2023年2月17日-19日conference pape
<REVIEW ESSAY>Empire on My Mind : Celebrating Three Generations of Anglophone Scholarship on Imperial Japan
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<若手研究者セッション「国際日本研究の課題と方法」>使節団の多角化 : 現代の国際日本研究の新たな流れ
Full text linkキックオフシンポジウム「日本文明の再構築 : 岩倉使節団150周年に寄せて」, 国際日本文化研究センター, 2023年2月17日-19日conference pape
<BOOK REVIEW>Meanings of Antiquity : Myth Interpretation in Premodern Japan, by Matthieu Felt
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The Imperial Portrait and Palace Conservatism in Occupied Japan
Full text linkPrior to Japan’s surrender in 1945, Emperor Hirohito enjoyed sovereign authority over his people. This relationship was inverted during the Allied Occupation with the introduction of popular sovereignty, granting the Japanese people power to decide whether or not to retain the throne. To understand how the imperial institution adapted to this postwar framework, many scholars focus on the use of mass media by the palace leadership, which transformed Hirohito into a likable celebrity figure eliciting popular approval. This article supplements the media-centered narrative through an examination of the Imperial Household Ministry’s adaptation of the imperial portrait (goshin’ei)—a prewar/wartime symbol of emperor-centered ideology— in the immediate postwar years. The analysis offered here contextualizes these efforts by considering the ministry leadership’s conservative agenda of protecting Hirohito, his prewar/wartime form of emperorship, and their own administrative independence. The success of their efforts is shown by the fact that today the imperial portrait has a place in Japanese society, offering particular groups a means to endorse the imperial institution without inviting public criticism.journal articl