Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (268 page)

28.
“Sh
wa tenn
no dokuhakuroku hachi jikan” in
Bungei shunj
(Dec. 1990), p. 104.

29.
Masuda, “Tenn
kikansetsu haigeki jiken to kokutai meich
und
,” pp. 210, 213, 215. Although Masuda argues that the emperor defended Minobe indirectly, there seems to be no concrete evidence to support that view.

30.
Honj
nikki
, p. 204; also cited in Katsuno,
Sh
wa tenn
no sens
, p. 77. Honj
kept arguing with the emperor about the organ theory right through April and May.

31.
TN, dai nikan
, p. 375.

32.
On the connection between the Aizawa trial and the February 26 mutiny, see Crowley, pp. 267–73; Ben-Ami Shillony,
Revolt in Japan: The Young Officers and the February 26, 1936, Incident
(Princeton University Press, 1973), pp. 113–14. On other triggering causes see, Otabe, “Nii ten niiroku jiken, shub
sha wa dare ka,” p. 82.

33.
Suzuki Kenji,
Sens
to shinbun
(Mainichi Shinbun, 1995), p. 117–18.
Intimidation worked. The major urban dailies avoided editorial criticism of the military, leaving discussion of the incident mainly to smaller, local papers.

34.
Hata Ikuhiko,
Sh
wa-shi o juso suru
(Gurafusha, 1984), p. 70.