Japan on display

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.

subjects: Psychological apsects,  Photography,  Pictorial works,  History,  Hirohito, emperor of japan, 1901-1989,  Japan, history,  Science and state, japan,  Japan, politics and government,  Psychological aspects,  Fotografie,  Vorstenhuizen,  Asia, pictorial works

People: Hirohito Emperor of Japan (1901-)

Places: Japan

Times: 1868-