Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (232 page)

43.
Tomura Masahiro,
Shinwa to saigi: Yasukuni kara daij
sai e
(Nihon Kitoku Ky
dan Shuppankyoku, 1988), p. 68; Yuge T
ru, “Roma k
tei reihai to tenn
shinka,” in
Rekishi hy
ron
406 (Feb. 1984), where he notes that in contrast to the ancient Romans who deified their emperors in broad daylight, usually after death, the Japanese deified their emperors while they
were still living, at night. Also see Okada, Hikuma, “Sokui no rei, daij
sai no rekishiteki kent
,” p. 77; Ihara Yoriaki,
K
shitsu jiten
(Toyamabo, 1943), p. 75.
Gyoza
or
goza
is defined as the seat or seats in front of a deity, where the emperor, empress, or grand dowager sits.

44.
The
Tokyo nichi nichi shimbun
reported on Nov. 15, 1928: “There is no way to view the
shinza
within the innermost chambers since it has always been the most sacred, awe-inspiring mystery,” and, “One should not make indiscriminate inferences about the mysteries within the innermost chambers.” Cited in Yuge, “Roma k
tei reihai to tenn
shinka,” p. 9.

45.
Nishi, “‘Sh
wa tairei' to kokumin: ‘Sh
wa tairei yoroku' o ch
shin toshite,” p. 26.