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Hannah K. Trust and Deception
To Readers:
Acknowledgement:
Author’s Note:
Chapter 1: Prologue
Chapter 2: Role of the Emperors (Tenno) Shinto and Tenno
Ruth Bennedict’s Great Feat: The Discovery of the Memo “Senjin-Kun”
As a Messenger of “Peace,” Not As a Commander
Democratizing Process
Shinto and Educational System
Shinobu Origuchi Cult
Japanese Media’s Resistance against Douglas MacArthur
The Researchers Who Denied Shinobu Origuchi
Fabrication of Theories and the Current Academic World
Shinobu Origuchi’s Huge Contradition in “Tama Theory”
The Changes in the Roles of the Emperors
Basic Principles of Ruling Yamato Kingdom
From Armchair Anthropology to Fieldwork Studies
All the People Were “Equal” under the Meiji Regime
Korean Annexation
Common Misunderstanding of “Ningen Sengen”
From Supreme to Symbolic
Chapter 3: The War That Changed Japan. From Peace to Chaos
The Broken Oath and the Decisive Action
Lack of Bushido
Major Japanese Empire Media’s Hidden Past “Eiki Utsubeshi Beiki Utsubeshi”
The Guilt of the Japanese Empire Media and Present-Day Media
Chapter 4: Toward the End of the War. Abuse of Japanese Value: “On,” “Giri,” “Ninjo”
The Cult: “Kokutai”
MacArthur and Hirohito
Chapter 5: Orthodox Shinto and Shinto with Ideologies. Shinto as a “Moral” Code
General History of Shinto
Chapter 6: Shinto under the Influence of neo-Confucianism. Loss of National Identity during Occupational Period?
What Meiji Restoration Meant to Japanese People
The Rise and Falls of the Chinese Empires and the Influence to Japan
Neo-Confucianism and Tokugawa Regime (about 1600-1868)
The Shortcoming of Meiji Restoration. The Legacy of Tokugawa Regime, Dozoku-Dan
Chapter 7: Shinto and History of Japan. Could Japan Really Be Called a Homogenous Society?
From Oh-Kimi to Tenno. Jitoh Tenno (The Empress Jitoh) and Her Political Reform
“Magna Carta” of Japan, “Fuyu-Funyu-Ken”
Ken-Mitsu Taisei (System)
Tenno’s Legitimacy of the Ownership of Land. Transition of Power and the Political System
Chapter 8: Gap between Shinto Rituals and Their Interpretations. Understanding “Tama” through “Nihon-Sho-Ki” and “Koji-Ki”
Major Political Reform by the “Emperor” Kanmu
Restoring Jitoh Tenno’s Shinto Rituals
The Meiji Restoration and the New Definition of Enthronement System
The Samurai Regime and Tenno System
“The Three Treasures”
“Authentic Tenno and Illegal Tenno”
The Emergence of “Imperial” Regime
The Purpose of the Two Rescriptions: Gun-jin-Chokuyu and Kyoiku Chokugo. Worship the “Emperor”
Tradition and the Two Historical Records and Tenno
Keys to Understand the Meiji Regime
New Imperial Meiji Regime and Daijo-Sai
Chapter 9: Origuchi’s Theory and Its Contradiction
Yukio Mishima and Tate-no-Kai
The Relationship with Kunio Yanagida and Shinobu Origuchi
How and Why Was Origuchi Accepted as an Academic Researcher Nationally and Internationally?
Why Was Origuchi’s Definition of Daijo-Sai Rituals False?
The Showa Restoration by Young Officers Were Encouraged by Origuchi
The Reason Why Chin-Kon-Sai Should Be Held before Daijo-Sai rituals
Ito-Musubi Ritual, On-I-Shindo Ritual, and Waving the Hands in the back
Looking at Shinto through the theories of Emil Durkheim and Rudolf Otto
The Enthronement Ceremonies and the Myth of “Nihon-Sho-Ki”
Chapter 10: Understanding Shinto rituals through “Nihon-Sho-Ki” and “Koji-Ki” Marriage System in Yamato Kingdom
Shinto and the Influence of Buddhism Imported from Korea
Japan as a Tribal Kingdom…
Oga Tribe and Interesting Background of Tenno’s Names with “Jin”
Policies toward Buddhism
Maha-Yana Buddhism and “Yu-Soku” Logic
Shinto and Buddhism
The Origin of Usa Hachiman Kami Shrine and the Gifted Priest “Ho-ren”
Shomu Tenno and “Hachiman Kami Shrine”
Jitoh Tenno’s Policy and Hokekyo Sutra
Comparing the Real World with the World of Myth
Chapter 11: Levi-Strauss, “The Way of Masks” Analysis of Mythodology by Applying the Thesis of Levi-Strauss
Chapter 12: Myth and the Real World
Izana-Gi and Izana-Mi
The Myth and Yamato Tribal Kingdom
Omi Tribes and Yamato Tribes and What Myths Tells You
Gender Reversal Mythology
Before Japan Was Named “Nihon” by Jitoh Tenno
The Background of Omi tribes’ Migration to Japan Island
Yamato Kingdom Merged Foreign Tribes (Omi Tribes)
Introducing Buddhism from Korean Peninsula
The First Major Coup by the Emperor Tenji against Omi Group
Jitoh Tenno’s “Nihon-Sho-Ki”
Chapter 13: Historical Meaning of Jitoh Tenno’s Reign. The Time When Nihon-Sho-Ki Was Compiled. Lost Myth and Uniting Yamato Kingdom as “Nihon”
Gender Inversion by Applying the Theory of Levi-Strauss
Hidden Nature in Female Deities’ Monstrous Appearance
Jitoh Tenno and Buddhism
Nihon-Sho-Ki and Ancient Terminology
Jinshin-no-Ran (672): The Battles over Succession after the Emperor Tenji’s Regime
Mysteries of Tenmu Tenno
Jitoh Tenno’s Outstanding Ability and That of Queen Elizabeth I
Chapter 14: Yasukuni Shrine. How Yasukuni Shrine Became “Yasukuni Shrine Issue”
Chapter 15: Kamikaze
Hachiman-Kami
Chapter 16: Epilog
Reference Cited
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Generally, the Japanese term, Tenno, is commonly translated into “the Emperor” in most of the publication in English. However, there is a clear distinction between Tenno and the Emperor. I have decided to call Tenno Tenno and Tenno, who wanted to make the empire, the Emperor. The first Emperor was the Emperor Tenji. The Emperor Tenji wanted to be an emperor like that of Qin Empire. There were only few Tenno who wanted to be the emperors in Japanese history. The second virtual Emperor was the Emperor Meiji, the third the Emperor Taisho, the fourth the Emperor Showa. These three modern Emperors did not have intention to build an Empire. The lawmakers of those days wanted to unite Japan as an Empire. After the Pacific War, the Emperor Showa, Hirohito, came to be Showa Tenno. In this book, after the Pacific War, I call him Showa Tenno.
Another thing I would like to add is that even the current Constitution of Japan call the Tenno Household the Imperial Household. However, Japan is not an empire anymore. Therefore, I think the imperial household should be called Tenno Household or Royal Household. Furthermore, especially, before the Pacific War the Military Regime plotted every action on their own so, I called Japanese Imperial Military Japanese Empire Military. I use the term Empire instead of Imperial when I wrote about the Military Regime.
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Together with Hideki Tojo, I still wonder why even a single journalist who instigated the Pacific War could shirk facing the Tokyo trials in spite of their radical articles. At the same time, the journalists who were the children of the old regime from the War era still believe that they can get through the criticisms from by the side of the general public making up stories and blaming ordinary citizens for causing the expanding policy of invasive Japanese Empire policy.
It is not too much to say that most of the people in Japanese society have been tricked by the Japanese media, Japanese educators and educational institutions. Something is missing in Japan now. This is something completely ignored by most of the Japanese people, which is supposed to be remembered all the time. It is a sad truth that Japanese national identity based on the traditional culture is missing these days.
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