Showa
Subtitle: the age of Hirohito
By: by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.
Contributors: Hoobler, Thomas.
Publisher: Walker
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-  -- Juvenile literature; Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1901-; Emperors -- Japan -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Kings, queens, rulers, etc; Japan -- History -- Shōwa period, 1926-1989 -- Juvenile literature; Japan -- History -- Shōwa period, 1926-1989
Description: A biography of the Japanese emperor who began his long reign as a divine ruler and, after the devastating defeat of World War II, accepted his new role as "symbol of the state" and watched over the re-birth of Japan as a leader in the world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [168]-169) and index.