As a young sovereign (imperial regent at age 20; emperor at 25), he had to assume contradictory roles: divine pater familias of the Japanese state and Supreme Commander of the imperial armed forces that were colonizing Japan’s Asian neighbors. He could not have been the bravest or most decisive man, given that he was unable to resist rising militarism.
关于裕仁天皇的已知历史十分简略。他是个悲剧的矛盾人物，这是众所周知的。作为年轻的君主（20岁摄政，25岁即位天皇），他必须扮演互相矛盾的角色：日本国的神主兼正在殖民亚洲邻国的帝国皇军总司令。他不可能是最勇敢、最果断的人，因为他无法抵挡军国主义的崛起。但说他大权旁落（因此没有责任）或没有做出任何反抗也是不正确的。