This essay examines the origin of the term “tennōsei,” the relationship between the Japanese Communist Party and the Comintern, and the impact that ideological manipulation after the Russian Revolution had on Japan and the wider world.
Reconsidering postwar and twentieth-century history through Emperor Shōwa, it sharply questions the political intent behind the language used by media outlets such as Asahi Shimbun.

2019-06-06
The evil hand of the Comintern also reached into America and penetrated the core of the Democratic Party, and this drove America toward war with Japan.

It goes without saying that the following book is the most important book in the postwar world, but this chapter is also an important essay that clearly teaches the Japanese people and the world the origin of the expression “tennōsei” used by Asahi Shimbun.
Japan Was Made to Dance by the Evil Hand of the Comintern
As stated in the previous chapter, after the war, Emperor Shōwa was placed “subject to,” that is, subordinated to the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers.
Therefore, the so-called “Humanity Declaration” and similar imperial rescripts issued in the year after the war ended, that is, Shōwa 21 (1946), were all uttered under a condition of coercion, and should not be accepted at face value just as they are.
It is reported that General MacArthur expressed satisfaction with this rescript.
It was clear that it was a rescript intended to satisfy MacArthur.
However, if one reads this rescript carefully, it says, “not something born solely from myths and legends,” so it did not deny myths and legends, and it can also be interpreted as saying that “they are not the only basis.”
Nor does it deny that the Emperor is an arahitogami, not a Western deus or god.
Only, in the English translation that was handed to MacArthur, which I myself have never seen, it was probably rendered in such a way as to satisfy MacArthur.
In any event, while His Majesty the Emperor is not what the West calls “God,” it remains an unmistakable fact that he continues to be the center of Japanese Shinto.
I believe that looking at Shōwa history with Emperor Shōwa at its center is one orthodox way of seeing it.
Here I shall convey that point of view.
What made Emperor Shōwa unfortunate was that the Russian Revolution occurred just before and after the time of his growth.
The Russian Revolution was not something that concerned only Emperor Shōwa, but after it took place, the Stalin government issued to Japan the directive, “Abolish the Imperial House.”
These were what are called the “1922 Thesis,” the “1927 Thesis,” the “1932 Thesis,” and so on, by the Comintern.
The Comintern was founded in Taishō 11 (1922), two years after the Russian Revolution, and the Japanese Communist Party was launched in Taishō 11 (1922) as the “Japan branch of the Comintern.”
If one takes as an example the “1922 Thesis” issued to the Japanese Communist Party, that “Japan branch of the Comintern,” it contains the following items.
“Abolition of the tennōsei.
Abolition of the House of Peers.
Abolition of the current army, police, military police, and secret police.
Arming of the workers.
Withdrawal of troops from Korea, China, Taiwan, and Karafuto.
Confiscation and nationalization of the lands of the Emperor and the great landlords.”
Even though there was no way that the Communist Party, a weak and tiny organization, could accomplish such things, the Comintern nevertheless issued such directives.
Incidentally, the term “tennōsei,” which is often used in Japan as well, was coined by the Comintern, and Japanese people ought to call it the “Imperial House.”
These matters are written about in detail in Eiichi Tanizawa’s book Reasons Why the Term “Tennōsei” Should Not Be Used (PHP Institute).
In response to the Comintern’s order to abolish the “tennōsei,” Japan was compelled to enact the Peace Preservation Law.
Stalin’s directives gave rise to various tragedies of this kind.
Had there been no Russian Revolution, and had the Comintern not maneuvered in the shadows, the twentieth century might perhaps have been a peaceful age.
First of all, had there been no Russian Revolution, Hitler would not have emerged.
Hitler was a man who emerged from the anti-communist movement in Germany in reaction to the Russian Revolution.
However, the Nazis were the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, die Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei, so Hitler too was nothing other than a socialist.
Accordingly, the war between Hitler and Stalin becomes a quarrel between leftists.
Also, in Italy as well, the Communist Party and Prime Minister Mussolini confronted each other.
Mussolini too was, of course, a leftist.
To compare this to the university disputes, one could say it was like a struggle between the Yoyogi faction of the Communist Party and the anti-Yoyogi factions such as Chūkaku-ha and Kakumaru-ha.
At the time of the university disputes, leftists were hurling the term fascist at one another.
In other words, one might say Stalin was Minsei, Hitler was the German Chūkaku-ha, and Mussolini was the Italian Kakumaru-ha.
The evil hand of the Comintern also reached into America and penetrated the core of the Democratic Party, and this drove America toward war with Japan.