Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (199 page)

4.
Ibid., p. 102; Hatano Masaru, “Taish
j
nen K
taishi h
-
: sono kettei e no purosesu to seika,” in
Kei
Gijuku Daigaku H
gaku kenky
66, no. 7 (July 1993). Miura Gor
had won notoriety as the head of the Japanese legation in Seoul. He was implicated in the murder of Korea's Queen Min in 1895.

5.
Nara Takeji, diary, pp. 292–94; Tanaka Hiromi, p. 102. I am indebted to Professor Tanaka for a copy of this portion of the Nara diary.

6.
Quoted from the Nara diary, p. 294.

7.
The talking habit increased over time and is discussed in many memoir sources, including Okabe Nagaakira, one of twelve chamberlains who served Hirohito from March 1936 to April 1946. See Okabe Nagaakira,
Gekid
jidai no Sh
wa tenn
: aru jij
no kais
ki
(Asahi Sonorama, 1990), pp. 97–99.