The most famous emperor in Japanese history is Emperor Hirohito, the longest-reigning emperor in Japanese history, but he is not famous for this reason.
In the history of Japan, there was a famous war of foreign aggression, that is, the war of aggression against China, and the emperor who led and commanded this war was Emperor Hirohito.
At the end of the war, it was also Emperor Hirohito who issued the "Edict of the End of the War" on behalf of the Japanese government, and although many Japanese people expressed their confusion about the final surrender, Emperor Hirohito was still the spiritual leader in their hearts.
In fact, during the reign of Emperor Hirohito, a man who claimed to be the orthodox emperor appeared, Kumazawa Hiromichi.
Grocery store owners claim to be the orthodox emperor, and there have been many such incidents in history
This incident is known as the famous true and false emperor incident in Japanese history, because Kumasawa Kanmichi proposed this statement at the time of World War II, so it had a great impact.
Kumazawa was already a 56-year-old Japanese grocery store owner, and his age and status made Japanese people suspicious of his so-called "orthodox emperor" ancestry.
However, Kumazawa Hiromichi did not simply talk about it, but really believed that Emperor Hirohito should abdicate and return the emperor's throne to himself.
In Japanese society at that time, there were not a few people who proposed that they were of orthodox emperor blood, and Kumasawa Hiromichi was only one of the most famous.
Kumazawa Hiromichi came up with this idea, which is related to his adoptive father. His adoptive father was the first to propose such a statement during the reign of Emperor Hirohito, and Kumazawa believes that the relationship between himself and his adoptive father is naturally the emperor's orthodox bloodline.
Kumazawa was convinced of his adoptive father's claims, and this was not the first time in Japanese history that questions about the emperor's lineage had been questioned.
Because of the historical legacy, this situation has occurred many times in Japanese history, and almost every time there will be a lot of noise, but these folk people lack background after all, and finally they can only be eliminated.
And people who have questioned the identity of the emperor's bloodline often don't end well, so Emperor Hirohito didn't feel much about these folk voices at first.
As a typical fascist, Emperor Hirohito's idea was simple: just get rid of all those who claimed to be the orthodox emperor.
However, the development of the matter surprised Hirohito, and Kumazawa Hiromichi was not only not successfully disposed of, but also became more and more famous, and even appeared in newspapers in many countries such as the United States.
After the defeat of Japan and the arrival of U.S. troops, U.S. General MacArthur has been protecting Kumazawa Broad Road
Although kumasawa Kōdō received little real support in Japan, the Japanese government came forward to suppress some voices, and the impact of Kumasawa Kōdō was limited, Hirohito began to become more and more nervous. The main reason for the change in Hirohito's mentality is the change in the domestic situation in Japan.
Since Japan's defeat in the war, the Japanese government has lost its de facto control of Japan, for the simple reason that after the defeat, Japan is no longer entitled to its own army, and can only accept the rule of the US military.
Faced with this situation, even Hirohito had no choice.
At this time, the commander-in-chief of the US military in Japan, MacArthur, became the de facto ruler of Japan, MacArthur was a general in the US Army, with a high status in the United States, and after arriving in Japan, he controlled the life and death power of the Japanese government. This man was very important to the Japanese government and Hirohito, and only by winning his support would the Japanese government represented by Hirohito not be further destroyed.
After MacArthur entered Japan, Kumazawa Hiromichi also took the initiative to send MacArthur a petition in which he detailed his demands: Kumazawa Hiroshima demanded that Hirohito's position be abolished and that the position be returned to him.
Although MacArthur did not agree to Kumazawa's request, he began to protect Kumasawa's widedo, allowing Kumasawa to successfully retreat from all petitions.
This caused panic among Hirohito, who was very worried that MacArthur would actually agree to Kumazawa's request, after all, MacArthur's approach was really worrying.
Emperor Hirohito feared macArthur's replacement of the emperor, and the two sides agreed after a game
In fact, Hirohito's fears were justified, kumazawa had almost no political background and relied entirely on MacArthur's protection to survive.
Such a person was the most suitable puppet candidate for MacArthur.
While Hirohito was worried about MacArthur replacing the emperor, MacArthur did think so.
Various factors, such as Kumazawa's background and straightforward personality, show that he is much better at manipulating than Hirohito, and such a candidate is more suitable for MacArthur at this time.
During MacArthur's political career, he had the idea of running for president, so he preferred japan to be completely controlled by him, which is an important reason why he has been protecting Kumazawa Hiromichi.
However, in order to abolish Hirohito's position as emperor, it is necessary to obtain the consent of the Japanese people.
Even though Japan had been defeated, Hirohito's previous performances in Japan had already made him a true spiritual leader in the hearts of the Japanese people. In the situation where fascism was prevalent in Japan at that time, if they easily replaced the spiritual leader in their hearts, it was difficult to ensure that there would be no chaos in Japan.
If the replacement of the emperor was not conducive to the united States' complete control of Japan, then MacArthur certainly would not choose to change the emperor. At the same time, Hirohito, who had a keen sense of political smell, also noticed MacArthur's hesitation, and he quickly handed MacArthur an olive branch, stating to him his intention to submit to him.
After Hirohito made a gesture of peace, MacArthur was not willing to take risks, and simply walked down the steps to reach a cooperative relationship with Hirohito.
Of course, MacArthur did not believe in Hirohito's sincerity, he knew that this man was very ambitious, so he was still secretly protecting the safety of Kumazawa Hirodō and did not allow Hirohito to do anything to Kumazawa Hiromichi.
As a result, as long as Kumazawa Hiroshima is alive, Hirohito will always have a "substitute" for him, and once he shows disobedience to MacArthur and the United States, he will be easily replaced by Kumazawa Hiromichi.
Under such pressure, Hirohito never dared to express his dissatisfaction with MacArthur, let alone show any ambition of his own.
Although Kumazawa's safety was protected, his greatest political role had disappeared, so the heat of the true and false emperor incident quickly faded, and the farce ended.
Since then, the reluctant Kumazawa Hiromichi has been active in Japanese politics, but has not received much attention.
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