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77.
Nagazumi, p. 74.

78.
Ibid.
,
pp. 57–67.

79.
Tanaka Hiromi, “Sh
wa tenn
no tei
gaku,” in
This Is Yomiuri
(April 1992), pp. 97–100. Kojima,
Tenn
, dai ikkan
, p. 85.

80.
Both as regent and emperor, Hirohito bestowed gifts and accolades on the
k
zoku
, hosted them at his annual birthday dinner, and at New Year's celebrations received them in audience, allowing certain
k
zoku
to attend imperial lectures. Author's interview with Professor Yamashina (Asano) Yoshimasa, Tokyo, July 10, 1993; Tanaka Nobumasa,
Dokyumento Sh
wa tenn
: dai ikkan shinryaku
(Ryokuf
Shuppan, 1984), pp. 122–24. Tanaka has termed the
k
zoku
and
kazoku
“the imperial guard without weapons.” For insight into the vanished world of the
k
zoku
, see Otabe Y
ji,
Nashimoto no miya Itsuko-hi-no nikki: k
zokuhi no mita Meiji
,
Taish
, Sh
wa
(Sh
gakukan, 1991); on the
kazoku
, see Sakai Miiko,
Aru kazoku no Sh
washi
(K