Anti-monarchism in Japan was a minor force during the twentieth century.
History
In 1908, a letter allegedly written by Japanese revolutionaries denied the Emperor's divinity, and threatened his life.[1] In 1910, Kōtoku Shūsui and 10 others plotted to assassinate the Emperor.[2] In 1923, 1925 and 1932 Emperor Hirohito survived assassination attempts.[3]
After World War II, the communists were antagonistic to the Emperor. The Japanese Communist Party demanded the abolition of the emperor system.[4] They boycotted the formal opening of the National Diet in 1949 because of Emperor Shōwa's presence.[5] The Japanese Communist Party continued to be antagonistic after Emperor Shōwa's death in 1989.[6]
During the Imperial visits to Otsu, Japan in 1951, and Hokkaido in 1954, Communist posters and handbills antagonistic to the Imperial Family Members were plastered in the cities.[7][8]
In 1951, three thousand students in Kyoto University protested against Emperor Shōwa's continued reign.[9]
See also
External links
- "Remove Hirohito, Tokyo Reds Ask". The Pittsburgh Press. October 10, 1945.
- "REMOVE HIROHITO IS CRY OF FREED JAP COMMUNISTS". Toronto Daily Star. October 10, 1945.
- "Anti-Russian Organization Rises In Japan; Red Liaison Officer Says That American Occupation Too Soft". Times Daily. October 9, 1945.
- "COMMUNISTS OUT TO GET HIROHITO". The Spokesman-Review. November 13, 1945.
- "CAN"T HAVE DEMOCRACY AND HIROHITO, JAPS SAY". Toronto Daily Star. October 4, 1945.
- "MacArthur Ousts High Jap Official, Fires Police Heads". The Daily Times. October 3, 1945.
- "BAN FREEDOM FOR JAP REDS". The Milwaukee Sentinel. October 3, 1945. Archived from the original on April 29, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- "JAPAN TO URGE TRADE OF SILK FOR VITAL FOOD To Ask Permission for Barter System; Communists Would Get Rid of Mikadoism". The Montreal Gazette. October 4, 1945.
- "Japanese Communists Censure Hirohito Tours". The Tuscaloosa News. March 4, 1946.
References
- ↑ "PLOT AGAINST THE MIKADO. ALLEGED ANARCHIST ASSOCIATION. AMONG JAPANESE IN AMERICA". Evening News. 17 January 1908.
- ↑ "Kōtoku Shūsui". Encyclopædia Britannica.
- ↑ Masako Gavin, Ben Middleton (Aug 21, 2013). Japan and the High Treason Incident. Routledge.
- ↑ "Japanese Communist Party Asks End of Feudal System". Berkeley Daily Gazette. February 23, 1946.
- ↑ "Anti-Hirohito Diet Boycott". The Sydney Morning Herald. March 21, 1949.
- ↑ "JAPAN'S ROLE: A MILESTONE; Hirohito's Death Puts Focus on New Identity". The New York Times. January 8, 1989.
- ↑ "Horrified Citizens Scrub Walls of Opposition As Hirohito Visits". Eugene Register-Guard. November 16, 1951.
- ↑ "Hirohito, Wife Tour Island". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. August 9, 1954.
- ↑ "3,000 Leftist Students Heckle Japanese Emperor". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 13, 1951.