Japan on display
Subtitle: photography and the Emperor.
Series: Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia East Asia series ;; 9
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-; Photography -- Psychological apsects -- Japan; Japan -- History -- 1868-; Japan -- History -- 1868- -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Description: "Drawing on archival documents, photographs, and sources in both Japanese and English, this book throws new light on the history of twentieth-century Japan and the central role of Hirohito.

With Japan's defeat in the Pacific War, the emperor was transformed from wartime leader to peace-loving scientist.

Japan on Display seeks to understand this reinvention of a more 'human' emperor and the role that photography played in the process."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.