#hirohito

[dronescapesvideos]

"Finito Benito, Next Hirohito" B-25J 12th Bomb Group. Italy, 1944.

A clear message. Priceless!

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[infinitiumme]

Shield society

#history #japan photos #japan #yukio mishima #hirohito #military

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The adults sat around their radios and cried. The children gathered outside in the dusty road and whispered their bewilderment. We were most surprised and disappointed that the emperor had spoken in a human voice.

- Kenzaburō Ōe, A Portrait of the Postwar Generation

On On 15 Aug. 1945, Hirohito announced the unconditional surrender to the United States. The future Nobel literature prize winner, Kenzaburō Ōe, was only ten years old when he heard the emperor of Japan on the radio.

Throughout Japanese history, the emperor had been viewed as a demi-god, remote from the populace. That tradition was shattered on this day (Tokyo time) in 1945 when Emperor Hirohito made a 673-word radio broadcast accepting the terms of the July 26th Potsdam Declaration. His announcement marked the first time commoners in Japan, with a few exceptions, had heard the emperor’s voice.

The declaration warned Japan that unless it accepted its terms of “unconditional surrender,” the nation would face “prompt and utter destruction.” The document was signed by President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Churchill and Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist leader. It made no mention of Hirohito.


The Tokyo leadership, divided over how to proceed, dithered. One faction hoped the Soviet Union would broker a deal. (Instead, the Soviets declared war on Aug. 9, grabbing a share of the spoils.)

Truman responded by authorizing the dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6 and a second bomb on Nagasaki three days later. They devastated the two cities, killing an estimated 246,000 people in matters of seconds.

Hirohito (1901-89) began his broadcast by saying: “To our good and loyal subjects: After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the actual conditions obtaining in our empire today, we have decided to effect a settlement of the present situation by resorting to an extraordinary measure. We have ordered our government to communicate to the governments of the United States, Great Britain, China and the Soviet Union that our empire accepts the provisions of their joint declaration.”

The emperor went on the say, falsely, that “we declared war on America and Britain out of our sincere desire to insure Japan’s self-preservation and the stabilisation of East Asia, it being far from our thought either to infringe upon the sovereignty of other nations or to embark upon territorial aggrandisement.

“But now the war has lasted for nearly four years. Despite the best that has been done by everyone - the gallant fighting of our military and naval forces, the diligence and assiduity of our servants of the state and the devoted service of our 100 million people - the war situation has developed not necessarily to Japan’s advantage, while the general trends of the world have all turned against her interest.

“Moreover, the enemy has begun to employ a new and most cruel bomb, the power of which to do damage is, indeed, incalculable, taking the toll of many innocent lives. Should we continue to fight, it would not only result in an ultimate collapse and obliteration of the Japanese nation, but also it would lead to the total extinction of human civilisation.”

Hirohito’s broadcast culminated in the signing of surrender documents on the foredeck of the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945.

#kenzaburo oe #quote #literature #author #war #japan #japese #emperor hirohito #hirohito #second world war #japanese surrender #japanese society #history

[splooosh]

“Knockout”

Jack Burnley

#Superman #Batman #Robin #batman and robin #dick grayson #worlds finest #Adolf Hitler #Emporer Hirohito #Benito Mussolini #Jack Burnley #Hirohito

[slaughteredmeat]

axis powers leaders as cats 🐱

⚠️ the art was made for art practise only, not to propagate any political views or ideology.

#hirohito #emperor hirohito #austrian painter #ww2 #italy #germany #japan #abyssinian cat #german rex #japanese bobtail #ww2 art #my art #my stuff

[carbone14]

Visite du Prince héritier Hirohito à Tainan – Taïwan – 20 avril 1923

#avant-guerre #pre-war #figures historiques #historical figures #hirohito #tainan #taïwan #taiwan #20/04/1923 #04/1923 #1923

[ladygoehnio]

David wrote to his father about his 1921 royal tour in Japan:

My chief disappointment is not being tattooed in Japan; but it seems that it's been illegal, though I can't think why. Still, under these conditions, I've left it severely alone!!

#edward viii #duke of windsor #king edward viii #hirohito #大正時代

[oswaldskovich]

#world war 2 #world war two #world war ii #italy #fascisim #benito #hearts of iron iv #dictatorship #top gear #jeremy clarkson #james may #hirohito

[sachi]

☆ Shokuhou Misaki // Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T ☆ 1/7 / Kotobukiya ☆ May 2023 ¥19,800 ☆ Sculpt HIROHITO

#misaki shokuhou #a certain scientific railgun #to aru #kotobukiya #hirohito #scale

[crazyfox-archives]

A stone monument engraved with calligraphy by the essayist Irie Sukemasa (入江相政) established in March of 1986 on the grounds of Ōmiwa Jinja Shrine (大神神社) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, with text from a poem written in 1985 by the Shōwa Emperor (昭和天皇) i.e. Hirohito (裕仁) during a poetry contest on the topic of travel commemorating his pilgrimage to the shrine and the surrounding area in 1984: 

“遠つおやの　しろしめしたる　大和路の　歴史をしのび　けふも旅ゆく”

which can be translated roughly as:

Recalling the lore Of the old Yamato road Administered by My forbears in days of yore, I too wend my way today

Image from a booklet acquired at the shrine September 21, 1996

#japanese literature #japanese poetry #japanese poem #短歌 #tanka #昭和天皇 #showa tenno #emperor showa #裕仁 #hirohito #emperor hirohito #japanese history #japanese calligraphy #入江相政 #irie sukemasa #石碑 #stone monument #奈良県 #nara prefecture #桜井市 #sakurai #大神神社 #omiwa jinja #三輪神社 #miwa jinja #大和路 #crazyfoxarchives

[firepower-if]

55 for all the RO's !! <3

55. they’re seeing their greatest wish come true—what’s happening?

The immediate wish for JJ, Olivia, and Hirohito is a successful debut in the Major Leagues. But obviously as this is a baseball story, we all know that, so I’m going to give you their greatest wish outside of that.

Olivia’s greatest wish is signing a massive Free Agent deal and using that money to buy her mother anything she wants— a house with a garden, some insane luxury condo, you name it. Olivia’s dream is to prove that baseball is more than a dream for herself; she wants to be a provider, a rock, a trustworthy figure on and off the field.

Junie’s greatest wish (for the time being) is to graduate with honors. They’re so used to being defined by baseball wherever they go, and understand that as a successful D1 athlete, being drafted is genuinely on the cards for them. But Junie is wondering if they want to continue pursuing their childhood dreams, or if there’s something else out there for them.

Hirohito would tell you that his greatest wish is to pitch a complete game shutout in the World Series. And it is, to some degree. His wish is to live up to his own hype and not only that, earn it. People are telling him he could be the best. He wants to find peace with that label, however it comes.

JJ’s greatest wish is to get control over their slider by tomorrow. JJ’s greatest wish is to get a good deal on that rug they were looking at. JJ’s greatest wish is to not miss the last bus home because they don’t want to call a cab. JJ’s greatest wish is to widen their timespan, to be able to look into the future, and stop taking life in such short increments.

Thank you so much for your question — I hope I’ve answered sufficiently (while trying not to give up spoilers ;)

#interactive fiction wip #interactive fiction #asks and answers #hirohito #olivia #jj #junie

[audiemurphy1945]

Marisol Escobar, Emperor Hirohito with Empress Nagako, 1989

#art #sculpture #1989 #marisol escobar #marisol #hirohito #80s #...

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Monarchy was, for the English, not a form of political power, but a work of the imagination, an attempt to represent in the here and now all those mysterious ideas of authority and historical right without which no place on earth could be settled as home.

- Sir Roger Scruton

In October 1971 Emperor Hirohito and his wife arrived in Britain for their historic three day state visit. HRH Queen Elizabeth II hosted a state dinner at Buckingham Palace.

#scruton #roger scruton #quote #monarchy #royalty #nation #hirohito #japanese emperor #state visit #great britain #britain #queen elizabeth II #prince charles #princess anne #england #power #politics #history #tradition #imagination

[motivational-quotes-from-baddies]

continued: "as to why i didn't surrender by the start end of 1944.. fuck you okay it was a very complex thing did you know the allies actually did war crimes too so why are you pointing fingers at the axis"

#quotes from baddies #emperor hirohito #hirohito

[slaughteredmeat]

i am big fan of caricatures! decided to share one i made some time ago.

the title says: "why are cats so afraid of dogs?"

⚠️ the art was made for art practise only, not to propagate any political views or ideology.

#ww2 #ww2 art #ww2 caricature #caricature #cats #my art #my stuff #hirohito #joseph stalin #franklin roosevelt #winston churchill

[carbone14]

Le Prince héritier Hirohito en visite en France – Dunkerque – 1921

#avant-guerre #pre war #les hommes et les femmes de la guerre #men and women of war #personnages historiques #historical figures #hirohito #dunkerque #dunkirk #france #1921