Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (249 page)

28.
Ik
Toshiya, “Seit
seiji wa naze owatta no ka,” in Fujiwara et al., eds.,
Nihon kindaishi no kyoz
to jitsuz
3
, pp. 68–70. Ik
discusses Inukai's speech of Nov. 3, 1931, to a general meeting of Seiy
kai members.

29.
KYN, dai gokan
, pp. 219–20.

30.
Ibid.
,
p. 225.

31.
Ibid., entry of Dec. 27, 1931, p. 227.

32.
Aoyama Teruaki, “Ima, naze T
g
Heihachir
ka?” in
Bunka hy
ron
436 (Dec. 1989), p. 68.

33.
ISN, dai ikkan
, p. 47. Hirohito regarded their ennoblement as “no big deal.” See
Kido K
ichi nikki, j
, p. 445.

34.
Masuda, “Seit
naikaku no h
kai,” in Tokyo Daigaku Shakai Kagaku Kenky
jo, ed.,
Gendai Nihon Shakai, 4 rekishiteki zentei
, pp. 204–205.