🗾 やんごとなき不敬罪　第十二話「東京裁判と東條英機のその後」

⚖️ 東京裁判（1946〜1948）
A級戦犯として裁かれた東條英機。
「天皇陛下のためにやった」と信じていたが、
GHQや周囲の圧力により
「すべて自分の独断だった」と責任を押し付けられた。

🗡️ 死刑（1948年12月23日）
最後に叫んだ言葉は――
「天皇陛下ばんざーーい！！！」

陛下のために動き、陛下のために否定され、
そして最後も陛下のために死んでいった。

👩‍🦱 その後の世代へ
戦後、GHQは教育勅語を廃止し、天皇制は「象徴」へ。

しかし学校では、東條英機の孫がクラスの前に立たされ、
「お爺さんは悪いことをした人です」と
告げられる場面もあった。

👉 こうして「子や孫」にまで罪が背負わされる構図が生まれた。
これはやがて「自虐史観の始まり」と呼ばれるようになる。

📖 Yamato-naki Blasphemy, Episode 12
“The Tokyo Trials and What Became of Hideki Tōjō”

⚖️ The Tokyo Trials (1946–1948)
Hideki Tōjō was tried as a Class-A war criminal.
He believed that everything he had done was
“for His Majesty the Emperor.”

However, under pressure from GHQ and those around him,
the responsibility was forced onto him as
“everything was his own personal decision.”

🗡️ Execution (December 23, 1948)
The final words he shouted were —
“Long live His Majesty the Emperor!!!”

He acted for the Emperor,
was denied for the Emperor,
and in the end, died for the Emperor.

👩‍🦱 To the Generations That Followed
After the war, GHQ abolished the Imperial Rescript on Education,
and the Emperor system was transformed into a “symbol.”

Yet in schools, there were scenes where
Hideki Tōjō’s grandchild was made to stand before the class
and told,
“Your grandfather was a person who did terrible things.”

👉 In this way, a structure was created
in which guilt was imposed even on “children and grandchildren.”
This would later come to be called
“the beginning of a self-deprecating view of history.”

🇯🇵
本シリーズは第1話から読むことで、日本社会の「前提」がどこから来たのかが見えてきます。
初めての方は、ぜひこちらから。
Reading from Episode 1 helps reveal the foundations behind many unspoken assumptions in Japanese society.
New readers are encouraged to start here.