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304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679741893
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 09 March 1993
Description
When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending in magnificent accomplishment. To do otherwise...
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304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780679741893
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage
Publication date: 09 March 1993
Description
When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending in magnificent accomplishment. To do otherwise...