Trust and Deception

Hannah K

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The day when Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur met the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was the day when the trust between MacArthur and the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was established and the day when Japan started to recover from the disastrous situation after the Pacific War. Until then, under the name of the Japanese Empire, Japanese people suffered unreasonable orders from the military regime. Thanks to MacArthur's effort, Japan was able to make an outstanding recovery. You would be interested in what MacArthur knew about Japan.

This book will tell the readers that Japan had democratic elements dating back to ancient times. In addition to the above story, the readers could know the rough history of transition of the regimes in Japan. The Imperial system actually had the basis of democracy. In spite of a number of Samurai Regimes' rise and fall, the Imperial system, Tenno System, has been maintained.

Who built such a long sustainable political system? The key person was a female Emperor Jitoh (690-697), who had an unbelievably practical power of uniting competing tribal clans in Japan and call the country Nihon.

You may think Shinto priest would be a peace-loving person. However, Shinobu Origuchi is believed to be a folklore of Shintoist and priest. Actually, this person triggered the Japanese Empire to wage war against the United States. Seemingly, trustful person deceived ignorant people easily.

There have been a lot of wars and conflicts, which were caused by evil people. The author sincerely hopes this book could serve as a tip to recover a peaceful world.

Sujets

• Histoire
• Japan
• History
• Asia

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• Publié par: eBookIt.com
• Date de parution: 31 janvier 2016
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781456626358
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 5 Mo

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Trust And Deception
 
 
Written by Hannah K
© 2016 Hannah K,
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4566-2635-8
 
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Dedication
To My Mother
To Readers:
Generally, the Japanese term, Tenno, is commonly translated into “the Emperor” in most of the publication in English. However, there is a clear distinction between Tenno and the Emperor. I have decided to call Tenno Tenno and Tenno, who wanted to make the empire, the Emperor. The first Emperor was the Emperor Tenji. The Emperor Tenji wanted to be an emperor like that of Qin Empire. There were only few Tenno who wanted to be the emperors in Japanese history. The second virtual Emperor was the Emperor Meiji, the third the Emperor Taisho, the fourth the Emperor Showa. These three modern Emperors did not have intention to build an Empire. The lawmakers of those days wanted to unite Japan as an Empire. After the Pacific War, the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, came to be Showa Tenno. In this book, after the Pacific War, I call him Showa Tenno.
 
Another thing I would like to add is that even the current Constitution of Japan call the Tenno Household the Imperial Household. However, Japan is not an empire anymore. Therefore, I think the imperial household should be called Tenno Household or Royal Household. Furthermore, especially, before the Pacific War the Military Regime plotted every action on their own so, I called Japanese Imperial Military Japanese Empire Military. I use the term Empire instead of Imperial when I wrote about the Military Regime.
 
Jitoh Tenno (The period of reign, 690-697) started to call all kings (Oh-Kimi) Tenno, so all Oh-Kimi are called Tenno in Japanese history. Japanese does not have any singular or plural forms like English. Kogo is translated into the Empress. Jingu Kogo was the first Kogo in the oral history of Japanese mythology. Only there are few Kogo’s stories in this book.
 
In terms of Empire, if you take a look at history books, most of the empires are called dynasties. However, I called the dynasties empires for the convenience of reader’s understanding. Empires are organized by one absolute ruler (almost a dictator) and his bureaucrats. Traditionally, Japan was composed of traditional Tribal-Clan system, which is completely different from that of Empires. So, in this book, all the dynasties which were virtually empires are called “the empire.”
 
There is a strange pronunciation system called On-bin, a kind of euphonic change, owing to the Kanji characters. So, I dare not use On-bin in most of the terminology. For example, the term “Kami” can also be pronounced “Shin,” or “Jin.” I take the pronunciation “Kami.” In case of Jinja, I call them “Kami-Shrine.” “Hachiman Jinja” are named “Hachiman-Kami-Shrine.”
 
I sincerely hope these alternations would help you to understand Japan better.
Acknowledgement:
I would like to introduce my contributors to the readers. Masahiro Kasai is a sociologist and has been instructing many researchers who earned PhD. It is fortunate that he advised me with the scientific framework of religion to write this book. He also gave me references which was very helpful in organizing this book. Masahiro Kasai is my relative but I respect him as a prominent sociologist.
 
Another researcher who influenced me was the late Dr. Katuyoshi Watanabe, who obtained PhD degree. At Kyushu University, after he finished doctorate course with the help of my relative and the contributor of this book, a researcher, Masahiro Kasai, who supervised Mr. Watanabe’s theoretical framework of his PhD thesis. This relative of mine is a councilor of Japanese Association for Religious Studies, and he is an expert of theoretical matters for religious phenomena. He has instructed me how to theorize cultural phenomena and patterns.
 
The late Dr. Watanabe especially gave me detailed facts and information regarding Shinto rituals and historical evidences of ancient Japan and ancient China. He was really interested in my understanding of Shinto, especially the relationship between Shinto and Tenno system. He promised to introduce me to the late Dr. Junichi Kamata the last time when I met him. I am awfully sorry to inform the readers of this book that Dr. Watanabe passed away in the fall in 2014. He was looking forward to reading my work.
 
Another was the late Dr. Junichi Kamata, who was an official for rituals of the Imperial Household Agency. The late Dr. Kamata found the value of the late Dr.Watanabe’s doctorate thesis, “Chin-Kon-Sai-no-Kenkyu, Study of the Ceremony for Repose of Soul,” which is traditionally carried out one day before “Daijo-Sai” ceremony. The late Dr. Kamata greatly appreciated the correctness of the late Dr. Watanabe’s PhD thesis, in which he pointed out Dr. Origuchi’s misunderstanding of “Chin-Kon-Sai,” and the late Dr. Kamata offered Dr. Watanabe’s thesis to current Tenno (The Japanese term for the Emperor). The late Dr. Watanabe said to me, “When you complete this book, Dr, Kamata would be happy to read your work.” His remark gave me great encouragement to complete this book. Dr. Kamata also passed away in early summer in 2014.
 
I sincerely express my condolences on the late Dr. Kamata and the late Dr. Watanabe.
Author’s Note:
I still remember the sad look on my mother’s face when she told me this story. She was invited as a homestay guest by Dr. Hessel H. Flitter, a dean of the Nursing School at the University of Hawaii and Dr. Harold R. Rowe, who were retired from Penn as professors. One day, all of a sudden, Hessel asked my mother, “What was the name of the person who was a friend of Hitler?” She could not think of anyone, so she thought and thought. Then, Hessel said to her “Now, I remember, ‘Hirohito.’ ” Naturally, she denied Hessel Flitter’s remark and said, “The Emperor Showa, Hirohtio, was not a friend of Hitler’s. He had never met Hitler even once.”
 
Harold and Hessel supported JAS, Japan-America Society, for a long time, so my mother thought they knew everything about Japan. They helped a lot of Japanese students who were in America, because Harold felt responsible for the atomic bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Harold’s family belonged to Amish, so he was anti-war. However, his father became very sick, and so to help his father, he became a doctor for the U.S. Army. According to Harold, he was told if he had not served in the Army, his father would not have been treated in the hospital. The atomic bombs were dropped while he was serving in the Army, so he seemed to believe that he was responsible for the disaster caused by the atomic bombs.
 
Therefore, Harold actively helped Japanese students. Harold was Hessel’s step brother and Hessel became interested in what Harold was doing, so he also helped Japanese students. Interesting fact was Harold respected the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, a lot, because Harold was a micro-biologist and the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, was also a biologist. Harold used to say, “The Emperor Showa is an excellent specialist in his field and a rare person compared with other kings in Europe.” Harold had an exceptional respect toward the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, and gave him the highest esteem. He actually had the Emperor Showa’s publication. Hessel’s point of view would be typical among Americans about the Emperor Showa, Hirohito. Both Harold and Hessel were outstandingly intelligent, so my mother was shocked to hear Hessel’s remark about The Emperor Showa, Hirohito.
 
The above story that my mother told me interested me about the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, and then I came to know he was the highest Shinto priest. Since then, I have been studying Shinto and the Imperial system of Japan or Tenno System in Japanese term. I learned there are many Shinto sects now and these phenomena already started toward the end of the Tokugawa Regime during Edo Period. There were at least 13 sects during the era, early 19 th century. However, Shinto had already been influenced by Buddhism at the earliest stage of Japanese history (around 600).
 
The biggest discovery I made about Shinto is that Tenno has been the highest Shinto priests and has played an important role in Japanese political history. Among the great Tenno, The Empress Jitoh (Jitoh Tenno) played the most important role in defining what The Emperor (Tenno) should be. Without her feat, no one would understand what The Emperor Showa, Hirohito (Showa Tenno), did and why he did his best for the suffering Japanese people, almost all of whom were going to starve to death during and after the Pacific War.
 
With the help of the Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur, The Emperor Showa (Showa Tenno) led Japan to a peaceful recovery. Without them, Japan could have become involved in endless battles like Afghanistan, because there was a lot of possibility which would have resulted in complete disaster in the postwar situation in Japan. Two supreme gentlemen, the Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur and Showa Tenno were the greatest key contributors to overcome the tragic disaster that the Japanese people in th