An institution in decline, possessing little power in an age dominated by warriors? Or a still-potent symbol of social and political legitimacy? Emperor and Ari

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This important new and original study on the institution of the Japanese emperors focuses on the enigma of the institution itself, namely, the extraordinary con

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"Like all empires, Japan’s prewar empire encompassed diverse territories as well as a variety of political forms for governing such spaces. This book focuses