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10.
 Entry dated December 19, 1942, in Kiyosawa,
Diary of Darkness
, p. 5.
11.
 Shoryu Hata, oral history, in Cook and Cook, eds.,
Japan at War
, p. 212.
12.
 Uichiro Kawachi, oral history, in ibid., p. 217.
13.
 Shigeo Hatanaka, oral history, in ibid., p. 64.
14.
 Ibid.
15.
 Ibid., p. 67.
16.
 Minoru Nomura, “Ozawa in the Pacific,” in Evans, ed.,
Japanese Navy in World War II
, p. 327.
17.
 Irokawa,
Age of Hirohito
, p. 92.
18.
 Bix,
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
, p. 476.
19.
 Entry dated July 17, 1944, in Kiyosawa,
Diary of Darkness
, p. 226.
20.
 Ibid., p. 225.
21.
 Aiko Takahashi diary, entry dated July 18, 1944, in Yamashita, ed.,
Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies
, 174.
22.
 Sachi Ariyama letter, undated, in Gibney, ed.,
Senso
, p. 178.
23.
 Entry dated July 18, 1944, in Kido,
Diary of Marquis Kido
, p. 394.
24.
 Entry dated July 17, 1944, in ibid., p. 389.
25.
 Tojo radio broadcast, July 18, 1944, in Tolischus,
Through Japanese Eyes
, p. 156.
26.
 Entry dated July 20, 1944, in Kiyosawa,
Diary of Darkness
, pp. 228â29.
27.
 Entry dated July 29, 1944, in Ugaki,
Fading Victory
, p. 437.
28.
 Aiko Takahashi diary, entry dated July 18, 1944, in Yamashita, ed.,
Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies
, p. 174.
29.
 Premier Kuniaki Koiso, July 22, 1944, in Tolischus,
Through Japanese Eyes
, p. 156.
30.
 Kase,
Journey to the Missouri
, p. 85.
31.
 Koiso address, September 16, 1944, in Tolischus,
Through Japanese Eyes
, p. 9.
32.
 Kase,
Journey to the Missouri
, p. 75.
33.
 Irokawa,
Age of Hirohito
, p. 92.
34.
 Japanese peace terms broadcast by Domei news agency, May 23, 1944, in Tolischus,
Through Japanese Eyes
, p. 9.
35.
 Entry dated March 31, 1944, in Kido,
Diary of Marquis Kido
, p. 382.
36.
 Entry dated January 6, 1944, in ibid., p. 374.
37.
 Victoria,
Zen at War
, p. 138.
38.
 Rescript dated September 7, 1944, in Bix,
Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan
, pp. 472â80.
39.
 “Fire Scroll,”
Book of Five Spheres
, quoted in Cleary,
Japanese Art of War
, p. 84.
40.
 Entries dated August 26, 1943, March 15, 1944, and April 7, 1944, in Kiyosawa,
Diary of Darkness
, pp. 69, 157, 174.
41.
 Aiko Takahashi diary, entry dated March 27, 1943, in Yamashita, ed.,
Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies
, p. 168.
42.
 Hiroyo Arakawa, oral history, in Cook and Cook, eds.,
Japan at War
, p. 179.
43.
 Quoted in entry dated April 30, 1943, in Kiyosawa,
Diary of Darkness
, p. 25.
44.
 Sumio Ishida account in Gibney, ed.,
Senso
, p. 176.
45.
 Entry dated April 24, 1944, in Kiyosawa,
Diary of Darkness
, p. 183.
46.
 Aiko Takahashi diary, entry dated January 4, 1944, in Yamashita, ed.,
Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies
, p. 173.
47.
 Kii Aoki account in Gibney, ed.,
Senso
, p. 172.
48.
 Takeyama,
Scars of War
, p. 140.
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