Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (418 page)

Iran, 394

Irie Sukemasa, 678, 679, 681–82

Irie Tamemori, 142

Ise Jing
Shrine, 30, 122, 192, 275, 442, 461, 515, 543–55, 653

Ishigari Itar
, 336

Ishiguro Tadaatsu, 503

Ishihara Kenz
, 99

Ishii Shir
, 617

Ishiwara Kanji, 168–69, 220, 232, 235, 303–4, 318, 325, 540–41, 592–93

Isobe Asaichi, 295–96, 299, 302

Isogai Rensuke, 354, 614

isolationism, 343, 355

Isshiki (Watanabe) Yuri, 542

Itagaki Seishir
, 232, 235, 348, 354, 609

Italy, 106, 108, 109, 147, 203, 255, 269, 280, 308, 349, 369, 375, 380, 383, 384, 394, 413

surrender of, 465

It
Hirobumi, 26, 34, 37, 381–82, 442, 688

assassination of, 35

on theocratic emperor, 29–30

Ito Miyoji, 184

Iwakura Tomomi, 131

Iwo Jima, 470, 483–84, 487, 493

Izumo,
311, 323

 

Japan:

aircraft production in, 469

Akihito's marriage as issue in, 661–62

anti-Westernism of, 11, 274–76, 279–80, 313–14

Asian Monroeism of, 146–47, 263–64, 267–68, 287

Britain's 1902 alliance with, 147, 148, 150–52, 382

campaign against dangerous thought in, 163–64

China as perceived by, 306–7

chrysanthemum as symbol of, 66

“chrysanthemum taboo” in, 666

Civilization and Enlightenment movement in, 62–63

Communist China's relations with, 672–73, 681

constitutional monarchy concept and, 179–80

and cooperation with West, 147–50

coups of 1931 in, 243–44

cult of the emperor in, 27–28, 120, 195, 197–98, 280–83

“cultural policy” of, 163–64

decision-making process in, 305, 309, 310, 387–88, 615

“Dream” emperor parody and, 663–66

economic prosperity of, 667–70

education of monarchs in, 58–59

election of February 20, 1936 in, 301–2

election of May 10, 1924 in, 158

emperor's sovereignty issue in, 222

emperor theory of,
see
emperor theory

enthronement rituals of,
see
enthronement rituals

Era-Name Law of, 679–80

fascism in, 202–3, 314

50th anniversary of Hirohito's reign in, 678–79

financial panic of 1929 in, 131

generational change in, 666–67, 669–70, 674

German victories and, 453–54

Germany's military alliance with, 350–53, 356, 357, 380–84

global mission of, 200–201, 274–76

GNP of, 667–68

gold standard ended by, 246

Japan:

hakk
ichiu
revived in, 200–201

Hamaguchi assassination in, 210–11

Heian period of, 313

Hirohito and,
see
Hirohito, emperor of Japan

Hirota cabinet's foreign policy in, 308–12

imperial engagement controversy in, 95–99

imperial way revival in, 10–11

Inoue case and, 166–67

Jehol Province affair and, 257–60

judicial process in, 285

Kamakura period of, 73

Kanagawa Prefecture of, 135–36

Kant
earthquake of 1923 in, 140

kokutai
clarification movement in, 282–83, 288–94

kokutai
debate and national identity of, 159–65

Konoe's ideological vision of, 176–77

Korea's relationship with, 74–75

labor strife in, 52–53, 54, 196, 206

Meiji legacy in, 7–9, 27, 28–31

military and civil discord in, 285–86

military's propaganda campaign in, 273–78

Mizuno incident in, 213

movement to revise constitution of, 648–49, 654–55, 656, 659, 660, 670

national defense debate in, 205–6

national defense plan of 1923 of, 151–52

national policy making in, 309–10

Nazi ideology and, 280–81, 289, 307–8

Nichiren sect of, 11, 163–64, 168–69

occupied,
see
Japan, occupied

onset of Sh
wa era in, 171–72

Pak Yol affair and, 160–61, 167

Paris Peace Conference and, 83–84, 92

party politics in, 158–60

political partisanship in, 230–31

post-occupation nationalism in, 657–59

responsibility for defeat of, 533–36