Kokkashugi
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Kokkashugi was a statist political ideology that emerged in Japan during the late Meiji period and became one of the foundations of the political order of the Empire of Japan during the early decades
New Year's Day postcard from 1940 celebrating the 2,600th anniversary of the mythical foundation of the empire by Emperor Jimmu
A Japanese pan-Asian writer Shūmei Ōkawa
Sadao Araki, Army Minister, Education Minister in the Konoe cabinet
Seigō Nakano
Emperor Jimmu
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Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BCE. In Japanese mythology, he was a descendant of the sun g
Kokkashugi
…was openly supportive of totalitarian ideology. One particular concept exploited was a decree ascribed to the legendary first emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, in 660 BC: the policy of hakkō ichiu (八紘一宇; all eight corners of the world under one roof). This also related to the concept of kokutai or national…
Emperor Jimmu with his emblematic self bow, the kinshikyū (金鵄弓), by Adachi Ginkō, 1891
Depiction of a bearded Jimmu with his bow and the golden kite. This 19th-century artwork was painted by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.
Painting of Jimmu by Renzō Kita in 1940
Unebi Goryō, the mausoleum of Emperor Jimmu in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture