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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End
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In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End Paperback - 1993

by Field, Norma

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When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers could not call his death a death, nor could they refer to him by his proper name. To do so would have exposed them to terrorism from the vigilante right wing. But this insightful book by a Japanese-American scholar reveals the hidden fault lines in the realm of the dying emperor.

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  • Title In the Realm of a Dying Emperor: Japan at Century's End
  • Author Field, Norma
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: First
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Vintage, New York
  • Date 1993-03-09
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # F04O-00110
  • ISBN 9780679741893 / 0679741895
  • Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.05 x 5.21 x 0.65 in (20.45 x 13.23 x 1.65 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress subjects Hirohito, Japan - Social life and customs - 1945-
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 91051190
  • Dewey Decimal Code 952.04

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From the jacket flap

When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending in magnificent accomplishment. To do otherwise would have exposed them to terrorism from the vigilant right wing. Yet this insightful book by a Japanese-American scholar who grew up in both cultures reveals the hidden fault lines in the realm of the dying emperor by telling the stories of three unlikely dissenters: a supermarket owner who burned the national flag; an aging widow who challenged the state's "deification" of fallen soldiers; and the mayor of Nagasaki, who risked his career and his life by suggesting that Hirohito bore some responsibility for World War II.

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Media reviews

"Well-researched, well-observed and completely absorbing...an important and necessary book." -- The New York Times Book Review

"Remarkable...a vivid, taut, graceful piece of writing...with enormous power."-- James Fallows, The Atlantic

"Marvelous...Field uncovers a Japan rarely seen or acknowledged by Westerners, a Japan of individual expression, active dissent -- even open rebellion."-- Village Voice Literary Supplement

"Superb...one of the most important books...on Japanese who refuse to conform." -- Ian Buruma, The New York Review of Books

About the author

Norma Field was born to a Japanese mother and an American father during the occupation of Japan after WWII. She is the Robert S. Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor in Japanese studies in the East Asian languages and civilizations department at the University of Chicago. She is the author of The Splendor of Longing in the Tale of Genji and the translator of And Then by Natsume Sōseki.

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