1902: The Showa Emperor, Age 1

Empress Teimei & sons

Prince Regent Hirohito
Prince Chichibu
Prince Takamatsu

May 9, 1921 Crown Prince Hirohito & King George V

Hirohito in Europe

June 1921 Crown Prince astride a cannon in Dunkirk, France

November 10, 1928

Formal enthronement of Emperor Hirohito

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1937 Parade of Troops

Imperial Navy Vessels in front of Mt. Fuji

1938 Army Review at Yoyogi Drill Ground

May 22, 1939 Hirohito salutes 22,000 troops

October 1939: Hirohito, Empress Nagako, & six children
(Akihito in white sailor suit)

Hirohito ca. 1940

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October 1941 Prime Minister General Tojo Hideki and his cabinet of “wise men”
(Rear, far right: Kishi Nobusuke)

Yamamoto Isoroku

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Japan Officially Declares War

1942 Hirohito inspecting naval air exercises at Kasumi-ga-ura air base

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March 1945: Hirohito inspects fire-bombed ruins of Tokyo

Prime Minister General Tojo Hideki

1945: Tojo’s attempted suicide

Tokyo War Crimes Trial

General MacArthur & Emperor Hirohito

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February 1946: Hirohito tours Kanagawa prefecture

April 1950: Shinso satire of Hirohito, doffing hat atop human skulls