Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (264 page)

8.
Okabe Nagakage,
Okabe Nagakage nikki: Sh
wa shoki kazoku kanry
no kiroku
. Sh
y
Kurabu, ed. (Kashiwa Shob
, 1993), pp. 77, 356;
Harada nikki, dai nikan
, p. 47;
KYN, dai gokan
, p. 198, entry of Nov. 14, 1931;
Harada nikki, dai ni kan,
p. 47 (entry for Sept. 1931). The word “mediocrity” (
bonyo
) appears in the phrase “bonyo de komaru” on p. 47.

9.
TN, dai nikan
, p. 124, entry of Aug. 6, 1933.

10.
“Nara Takeji kais
roku,” May 28, 1932, p. 415. Nara notes (p. 416) that the reassignment of Prince Chichibu to the Army General Staff occurred on August 24, 1932, “in response to the emperor's wish.”

11.
Ibid., p. 426.

12.
In interrogation documents compiled by the International Prosecution Section but not used at the Tokyo war crimes trial, Kido K
ichi identified General Araki as a person who had given approval for assassinations. See Awaya Kentar
et al., eds.,
Tokyo saiban shiry
: Kido K
ichi jinmonch
sho
(
tsuki Shoten, 1987), p. 547.

13.
Kinbara Samon, Takemae Eiji, eds.,
Sh
wa shi (z
hoban): kokumin no naka no haran to gekid
no hanseiki
, p. 101.