Was he a good leader?
>>1248203
Was he markedly worse than previous Japanese Emperors?
>>1248190
A """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""good leader""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""", suuuuuuuuuuuure.
(Hell fucking no. He was literally cucked by his generals until the atomics were popped.)
>>1248190
>leader
Japanese Emperors usually did not have a lot of political power. Even Emperor Meiji didn't. They preferred to keep the Emperor away of petty political fights and keep him in a higher position.
Emperor Meiji went up better in history because the Meiji aristocrats were a pretty great generation of leaders. Japan would probably not participate in WWII if they had those men, who were much more realistic on their chance of beating the Americans in a fight than the younger generation that basked in the glory of the old guys but ignored them and called them antiquated.
>>1248190
>Japanese Emperor.
>Be in charge.
Pick one and only one.
>>1248311
Emperor Meiji himself wasn't in charge. The Anti-Tokugawa faction merely used him.
>>1248190
take a wild guess
He wasn't bad. He was just out of a position of control. The Emperor had immense influence but no legal powers. Where he could he applied pressure but he ultimately couldn't make our enforce his demands because of the government structure and the absurd political situation. At nearly every junction he tried to use his influence to broker a peace. Even going so far as to break protocol and offer a direct audience several times but there's only so much you can do when you have no legal power.
>>1248223
If there is then his corpse should be dug up and burnt
>>1248190
He was a manlet, so probably not.
>>1250924
This is the true reason for WWII.
