For many Allied officers and high civilian officials, the imperial duck hunt was the most memorable moment of their fleeting interlude as nobility in a foreign land. On these or other occasions, they might even hope to receive a small gift embossed with the sixteen-petal imperial chrysanthemum crest. While the media in the United States were chuckling and enthusing over the “Americanization” of Japan, the Japanese were quietly and skillfully Japanizing the Americans. It was all part of the challenge of conquering the conqueror.
