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The Taishō era (大正時代, Taishō jidai, [taiɕoː dʑidai] ⓘ) was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō. [1] The new emperor was a sickly man, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen (or genrō) to ...
Yoshihito[a] (31 August 1879 – 25 December 1926), posthumously honored as Emperor Taishō, [b] was the 123rd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1912 until his death in 1926. The era he presided over is known as the Taishō era. Born to Emperor Meiji and his concubine Yanagiwara Naruko, Yoshihito ...
Taishō Democracy was a liberal and democratic trend across the political, economic, and cultural fields in Japan that began roughly after the Russo-Japanese War and continued until the end of the Taishō era (1912–1926). This trend was most evident in the field of politics, famously represented by the Taishō Democracy Movement (大正 ...
The Taishō political crisis (大正政変, Taishō seihen) was a period of political upheaval in Japan that occurred after the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912. During the twelve-month period following the emperor's death, the Japanese government was led by three different prime ministers as the government attempted to restore the balance ...
This list is of Japanese structures dating from the Taishō period (1912–1926) that have been designated Important Cultural Properties. [1] As of October 2016, ninety-six properties with two hundred and twenty-seven component structures have been so designated .
Hirohito as an infant in 1902 Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito, and Yasuhito. Hirohito was born on 29 April 1901, at Aoyama Palace in Tokyo during the reign of his grandfather, Emperor Meiji, [2] the first son of 21-year-old Crown prince Yoshihito (the future Emperor Taishō) and 16-year-old Crown Princess Sadako, the future Empress Teimei. [3]
The Meiji period ended with the death of the Emperor Meiji in 1912 and the beginning of the Taishō era (1912–1926) as Crown Prince Yoshihito became the new emperor (Emperor Taishō). The end of the Meiji era was marked by huge government domestic and overseas investments and military programs, nearly exhausted credit, and a lack of foreign ...
Taishō Roman (Japanese: 大正ロマン, 大正浪漫) refers to the cultural and intellectual movement of Japanese Romanticism during the Taishō era, influenced by European Romanticism. The kanji 浪漫 for Roman is an ateji first introduced by Natsume Sōseki. According to the 2009 edition of Pocketbook of Taisho Romanticism - The World of ...