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This is a digression.

In Japanese、there is a word "isshou-ken-mei".

This word is used on a daily basis.

isshou (one lifetime) 一生

ken (put on the line) 懸

mei (life) 命

"Risk my life"

If this word had been literal translation to English that is like that.

In fact this word will be translated "very hard". (by google translate)

When someone deals with some difficult case、then this word is used to show one's own enthusiasm.

(Of course、it is often irrelevant to the actual enthusiasm.)

※"hard"、"with utmost effort"、"with aii one's might" (by google translate)

And ometimes it is used in an imperative form.

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By the way、"isshou-ken-mei"  that word originally was "issho-ken-mei".

isshou and issho.　※isshō and issho 2023022815:25 (japan time).

"Both are the same words."

You may think so.

But two word meaning in japanese.

isshou (one lifetime) 一生

issho (one place) 一所

"Issho-ken-mei" that word literal translation to English "risk my life for one place".

"I stake my life on the land I cultivated."

Land is not just an object of exploitation.

Land is presence that put on own life.

Maybe their actual faces were farmers of the regions.

Spirit of the samurai of the late 12th century are living in Japan today.

※I think that it is a natural way of thinking if it is regarded as our hometown.

※By the way、although one usage、"same・together" is "issho 一緒" in Japanese(lol).

Of course、there are different ways of expression.※

※Depending on the context、when we hear the word "issho" in modern Japan、we usually think of "same・together". 2023022815:37(japan time).

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Well、main issue.

The Meiji Restoration came about 700 years after the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate, the first samurai revolution.

Thus ended the samurai era.

Overthrow the samurai king "Syougun" and create the emperor's world again.

Hence the name of "the Meiji Restoration" is "Restoration".

However、the Japanese at that time were trying to be reborn from a feudal state to a modern state.

This restoration was revolution in fact.　

And there was the existence of the emperor as the centripetal force of the revolution.

"Reverence to the true king" 尊王

This idea was brought to Japan from China、but at the time、it was also widespread in Japan as a matter of course.

For this reason、it was common for Japanese people at that time to have a sense of reverence for the emperor.

In addition、that thought became the ideological basis for overthrowing the false king "Shogun".

※At least among the reading class.

And regardless of the fashion of the times、this idea was also shared by the 'Shogun'.

"Honor the emperor and crush the barbarians."

I think this idea originated in the Southern Song Dynasty of China.

The Han Chinese Song Dynasty was under pressure from the foreigner Northern Dynasty at that time.※

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And this thought was also the root of the problems of the social system that continued until the 20th century.

About 20 years after the Meiji Restoration、the modern constitution was enforced.

As a result、the emperor became the monarch of a modern constitutional monarchy.

However、the Constitution also contained provisions that:

"The emperor is a sacred being、and it is absolutely unforgivable to infringe upon it."

downfall of the empire Japan

"The emperor is a sacred being、and it is absolutely unforgivable to infringe upon it."

After the Meiji Restoration、Japan invited Westerners into various fields in order to achieve rapid modernization.

Constitution of the Empire of Japan.

It could therefore have been a mere copy of the constitutions of European constitutional monarchies. (e.g. Prussian monarch)

However east and west．

Different cultures、different society.

Under these circumstances、Japanese history had a Western modern constitution for the first time in its history.

The Emperor is "monarch" under the modern constitution.　

The Emperor is "an absolute presence".

Resulting in、when the end of the 19th century、the Emperor was present as having its two face at the same time in modern state.

※That might remnant of ancient patriarchal dynasty in Japan (or maybe it reflects the average Japanese common sense in the cultural paradigm of the time).

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The 20th century、before a few years of the outbreak World War II.

Japan was the era of Emperor Showa of course.

A paper about the Emperor became a big issue in Japan at the time.

　

"Emperor agency theory"　

　

The emperor is a sacred being、and it is absolutely unforgivable to infringe upon it.

That is a mere figure of speech.

The Emperor is one agency of the Nation located under the law only.　

The Emperor is presence to approve a resolution in the Diet.

Of course、there is no veto.

　

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"This theory is a serious disrespect for the emperor."

"Absolutely unacceptable."

　

People called "patriots" said so、and this paper became a big problem.

At that time、Emperor Showa said、"The Emperor agency theory is correct." (unofficially)

"The modern Emperor's presence is under the law."　

That was the thought of him.　

(Emperor Showa himself had a exchanges with European monarchy.)

　

So he never made his own thoughts public.

(for example approval to the emperor agency theory)

This is because he did not want to influence public opinion with such remarks. 

It was an act that should never be done as an important national institution.

　

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After this、the person who wrote this paper was downfall. 

(It is due to oppression and terrorism.)

Therefore the emperor agency theory was downfall.

When something is down、something is up.　

　

"Emperor is the sacred presence、infringement can’t never."　

"Japan is the kingdom of God."　

　

The Patriots won.　

What happend to history after this?

You well know.