I'd say it's more an extreme reading into the Confucian ideals of social harmony and fraternity: the State (or Emperor) is the head of the country, and its fami

I'd say it's more an extreme reading into the Confucian ideals of social harmony and fraternity: the State (or Emperor) is the head of the country, and its families, as a father is the head of his own family. Although I may be finding too many parallels with prewar Japan.