天皇は雲の上？

Letter handed to emperor causes uproar in Japan
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MARI YAMAGUCHI

The controversy shows how the role of Japan's emperor remains a sensitive issue, nearly 70 years after Akihito's father, Emperor Hirohito, renounced his divinity following Japan's defeat in World War II and became a symbol of the state.

　天皇の人間宣言やら、天皇が象徴に”なった”という話は、日本の歴史お実情というより、英語圏の天皇観に迎合しているんでしょうね。

Many conservatives still consider the emperor and his family divine ("the people above the clouds") and believe a commoner shouldn't even talk to him. Decades ago, commoners were not even allowed to directly look at the emperor, but today Akihito does meet with ordinary people, including those in disaster-hit areas in northern Japan.

保守はいまだに、皇室を雲の上の　divine と思っているの？

A few people, including commentators and Yamamoto's sympathizers, liken him to Shozo Tanaka, a lawmaker seen as a hero for his 1901 appeal to Emperor Meiji, Akihito's great-grandfather, over copper mine pollution. Tanaka quit as lawmaker and divorced his wife beforehand to keep her out of trouble. He was detained but quickly freed.

ググルと、

没後百年を経て蘇る田中正造の精神　山本議員が天皇に直訴

下村文科相「立派な田中正造に申し訳ない」　「匹敵」発言を釈明
2013.11.5 11:03

など、田中正造に喩えたひとは、いるが、インターネット以外の表の報道にでたのは、保守の下村氏が、当初、田中に喩えた、というほうであろう。


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