kokutai ideology

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Kokutai ideology was a pre–World War II Japanese nationalist doctrine that emphasized the divine nature of the emperor and the unique, sacred essence of the Japanese nation as a unified family-state.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese political doctrine
nationalist ideology
political ideology
state ideology
associatedWith Yamato-damashii (Japanese spirit)
kokutai no hongi
codifiedIn Imperial Rescript on Education
Meiji Constitution
countryOfOrigin Japan
goal preservation of the imperial institution
unification of the people under the emperor
hasConcept Confucian ethics
anti-communism
anti-liberalism
cultural uniqueness of Japan
divine nature of the emperor
emperor-centered nationalism
family-state
filial piety
imperial expansionism
kokutai (national polity)
loyalty to the emperor
militarism
moral education
national unity
organic view of the state
sacred essence of the Japanese nation
sacrifice for the state
State Shinto
surface form: state Shinto

state loyalty
tennōsei (emperor system)
influenced Japanese militarism
Japanese ultranationalism
Japanese wartime propaganda
prewar Japanese education system
influencedBy Confucianism
Japanese imperial tradition
State Shinto
nationalism
samurai ethics
mainSubject Japanese emperor
Japanese nation
opposedTo communism
liberal democracy
socialism
significantEvent Meiji Restoration
World War II
timePeriod Meiji era
surface form: Meiji period

Showa era
surface form: Shōwa period (pre–World War II)

Taisho era
surface form: Taishō period

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State Shinto basedOn kokutai ideology