Word: imperiale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The tired, bespectacled little man whom the Japanese regard as the Son of Heaven emerged from his walled and moated palace for the first time since the conquerors had landed in his country. He wore a cutaway, striped trousers, a wing collar, a top hat. He climbed into an old...
Propaganda, Maybe. Evidently the Son of Heaven was bestirring himself on behalf of his unhappy people. MacArthur had not invited the visit; the Emperor had asked (through his Grand Chamberlain) to see MacArthur. Previously Hirohito had granted press interviews to Frank Kluckhohn of the New York Times and Hugh Baillie...
As nothing else could, the imperial homage to MacArthur told the people that Japan was truly beaten. A railway ticket-seller, when he heard the news, dropped his rice bowl, laid his head on the counter and wept. He said: "My heart is frozen."
Emperor Hirohito and his Government, headed by jut-jawed Premier Prince Naruhiko Higashi-Kuni, were serving the Allies but were understandably nervous. Neither American use of the Imperial institution, nor Japanese reverence for it, necessarily required the indefinite presence of Hirohito himself. Jap and U.S. thoughts alike were much upon...
In July, the Japs issued an imperial edict freeing Dr. Stuart-if he would ask Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to negotiate with the U.S. for Japan. He refused either to leave his two companions or to transmit the terms. Less than a month later all three were free.