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nuclearshill gau/cho  1mo ago (image post) 416 thread views #260349

This was :marseyflagjapan: :marseyjapanese: God Emperor? :marseyjap: :itsoverjapanese: :marseymacarthur:

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Based Macarthur was 6 feet tall btw (I don't know why he was touching his butt for the pic :marseyquestion:)

!historychads it never began for nips

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Reading up on jap history a bit and imo they were more into the idea of the Emperor than the guy himself. He was supposed to stand for all the Emperors before and undo the 700 years of shogunate rule

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He was the living incarnation of the Shinto Gods

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Pretty much that, however even after the Meiji restoration, the emperor continued to be a figurehead.

Interesting that Japan's current constitution recognizes the Emperor not as a head of state, but rather as a symbol of Japan's unity, it fits Japanese culture and historical relationship with their monarchy quite well.

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Interesting that Japan's current constitution recognizes the Emperor not as a head of state

That's not incidental. The Allies forced this upon Japan so that the Emperor would never have power ever again

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I know, I'm just pointing out it still fits Japanese tradition as for centuries the Emperor was a ceremonial Figurehead who symbolized the country.

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Wasnt it something like during the restoration the emperor was basically there to unify the two main warring factions at the time but they also developed a parliament at the same time

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The Meiji restoration was supported by conservatives who thought the Shogunate was paddling to foreigners and modernizers who wanted Japan to adapt to the new times. The most traditional faction was defeated later on and the film “The Last Samurai” shows it.

Parliament came later, the “Diet” was established by the 1889 constitution, until then Japan was theoretically an Absolute Monarchy, but Emperor Meiji simply consented whatever his council decided setting precedent to his successors.

Still, the big problem with Imperial Japan was that the Civil Government had no control over the military. The Emperor did as Commander-in-Chief but in practice the Imperial Army and Navy would just act on its own and by WW2 the country was a de facto Military Dictatorship despite maintaining the Diet and Civil Government.

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Have you seen "The Wind Rises"?

The protagonist works for Mistubishi but is wanted by secret police for something, I'm pretty sure it's for his political affiliation though it's never explained and I dont know enough to figure it out. Could you explain onegaishimasu

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I haven't, the trailer looks interesting, I'm gonna watch it someday.

I'm reading “The Rising Sun: The fall of the Empire of Japan 1936-1945” and it gets into detail in how the Japanese Government worked (or didn't work) at the time. My only grip is that is probably outdated (published in 1970) and the author is biased in favor of the japs (the book is like 1000 pages long but Nanking Massacre gets covered in 2 pages lol).

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I'll have to read it. The Wind Rises is one of, if not the best serious animes. Highly recommend it, especially if you're both a weeb and milsperg

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