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Originally Posted by ChainLegacy
It's an interesting theme of Japanese history. First the Bakufu turned the Emperor into a puppet. And then the daimyo warlords turned even the shogun into a puppet. Your theory that the strict hierarchy of Japan makes this an easier mode of operation than simply usurping power out in the open seems plausible.
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But the weirder thing is that between World War I and Word War II, the military moved in to buttress support behind the emperor himself - and started invading China.
That was also when the emperor ceased being a figurehead, until 9 Aug '45, when the Emperor was made powerless again by the US.