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lnhammer ([personal profile] lnhammer) wrote in [personal profile] starlady 2015-02-20 05:48 pm (UTC)

Obaa-chans are awesome.

The ideology of Japan as unique and singular came in in the postwar period, but that's another story.

From what I've read, I think it dates a little earlier than that, encompassing the entire Showa period. It was harnessed as part of the war effort.

---L.

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