# In the Realm of a Dying Emperor

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- Authors: [Norma Field](https://www.bookquiver.com/norma-field)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7974-189-3
- Pages: 304
- Published: 1993-03-09
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending...