皇こう国こく史し観かん

noun

emperor-centered historiography

A historical term referring to a pre-WWII Japanese historical view that centered on the emperor and the imperial lineage, often associated with nationalistic ideology.

• 戦せん前ぜんの教きょう科か書しょは皇こう国こく史し観かんに基もとづいて書かかれていた。

  Pre-war textbooks were written based on emperor-centered historiography.