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What Was the Showa Emperor Fighting? “Authentic Accounts” of his 87 Years (Showa Ten’no wa Nan to Tatakatteita no ka “Jitsuroku” de Yomu 87 Nen no Shōgai)

Makoto Inoue

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Language: Japanese
ISBN-10: 4093897662
ISBN-13: 9784093897662
Pages: 416
Printing: Black & White
Dimensions: 188mm × 130mm × 21mm
Weight: 400 g
Issue Data: 2016/4/6
Publisher: Shogakukan Inc.

A vicarious experience of the 87-year life of the Showa Emperor

The Imperial Household Agency completed over 61 volumes of records over the course of 24 years, totaling 12,137 pages. Author Makoto Inoue made a careful reading of this great historical record, entitled Authentic Accounts of the Showa Emperor (Showa Ten’no Jitsuroku). What Was the Showa Emperor Fighting stitches together the 87 year, 8 month-long life story of the Showa Emperor in an approachable, diary-style format.

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