Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan (360 page)

76.
Around the time of capitulation, Kido met frequently with civil and military police officials, and collected the latest information about the worsening domestic situation. Rear Admiral Takagi recalled after the war that on July 12, 1945, when Prince Konoe told the emperor, “The situation today has reached the point where people hold a grudge against the Imperial House,” Hirohito “agreed completely.” See Yoshida,
Sh
wa tenn
no sh
senshi
, pp. 29–30, citing Takagi S
kichi,
Takagi kaigun sh
sh
oboegaki
(Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1979); Hayashi Shigeru, And
Yoshio et al., eds.,
Nihon sh
senshi j
kan, hachi gatsu j
gonichi no k
det
hoka
(Mainichi Shinbunsha, 1962), pp. 196–210; Tanaka,
Dokyumento Sh
wa tenn
, dai gokan