Hirohito Quotes
Endure what is difficult to endure and to suffer what is difficult to suffer.
Hirohito. "Imperial Rescript on Surrender." 14 Aug. 1945. Japan's Decision to Surrender, by Robert J. C. Butow, Stanford UP, 1954, p. 248.
Emperor Shōwa, better known in English by his personal name Hirohito (裕仁), was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, ruling over the Empire of Japan from 25 December 1926 until 2 May 1947, after which he was Emperor of the state of Japan until his death. He was succeeded by his fifth child and eldest son, Akihito. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had seven children, two sons and five daughters. By 1979, Hirohito was the only monarch in the world with the title "emperor." Hirohito was the longest-lived and longest-reigning historical Japanese emperor and one of the longest-reigning monarchs in the world.