The Making of the 'Symbol Emperor System' in Postwar Japan

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ID3645764
AuthorsDavid A Titus (Wesleyan University, corresponding author)
Year1980
Volume14
Issue4
Pages529-578
Publication date1980-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern Asian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0026749x00006624
OpenAlexW1973724191
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited15

The imperial institution's capacity for survival, despite the many transformations in Japanese society and politics over the past thirteen hundred years, has few parallels in the history of human institutions. In 1965 the Imperial Household Agency could legitimately claim that the structure for managing the palace even today, though changed several times, including the 'epoch-making' renovation of 1947, could be traced back to the Taihō Institutes of 701

Agency (philosophy · Ancient history · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Emperor · Epoch (astronomy · Institution · Operations management · Parallels · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Philosophy · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory

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