vii, 400 pages, 21 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Bibliography: pages 379-385.
Note
Includes index.
Contents
Imperial Noon: 1928 -- Origins: To the Fifth Century -- Foundations: Mid-Fifth Century to Late Eighth Century -- The Golden Epoch: Late Eighth Century to Thirteenth Century -- The Epoch of Unending Struggle: Thirteenth Century to Sixteenth Century -- Of God and Caesar--The Court Under Edo: Sixteenth Century to Nineteenth Century -- Imperial Reveille: Mid-Nineteenth Century to Early Twentieth Century -- Imperial Icon: 1900-1926 -- Showa--The Tempest: 1926-1945 -- Showa--Enlightened Peace: 1945 to the Present -- Japan's Emperors and Reigning Empresses -- Descendants of the Emperor Taisho -- The Imperial Rescript on Education -- The Imperial House Law -- World War II Surrender Documents -- Foreword to Scientific Paper by Hirohito.
