Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (285 page)

53.
Hora Tomio,
Nankin jihen
(Shinjinbutsu
raisha, 1972), pp. 84–85; Kasahara Tokushi,
Nitch
zenmen sens
to kaigun: Panai g
jiken no shins
(Aoki Shoten, 1997), p. 283; Suzuki Kenji,
Sens
to shinbun
(Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1995), pp. 123–24.

54.
Hora Tomio,
Nankin daigyakusatsu: “maboroshi” ka k
saku hihan
(Gendaishi Shuppankai, 1975), pp. 22–26.

55.
Yanaihara Tadao, “Seijiteki kaih
sha to reiteki kaih
sha,” in
Kashin
, dai sankan, dai ichig
(Jan. 1940).

56.
In his postwar deposition to the International Prosecution Section of the Tokyo Tribunal (May 1, 1946), Prince Asaka denied any massacre of Chinese prisoners and claimed never to have received complaints about the conduct of his troops. General Matsui also denied atrocities and went out of his way to protect Prince Asaka by shifting blame for incidents to lower ranking division commanders. Both generals may be counted among the first of the Nanking massacre deniers. For their depositions see Awaya Kentar
, Yoshida Yutaka, ed.,
Kokusai kensatsukyoku (IPS) jinmonch
sho, dai 8 kan
(Nihon Tosho Centâ, 1993), Case No. 44, esp. pp. 358–66; and
Kokusai kensatsukyoku (IPS) jinmonch
sho, dai 12 kan
, p. 306.