Bright peace

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Bright Peace is the English rendering of the Japanese term "Shōwa," the name of the era corresponding to Emperor Hirohito’s reign from 1926 to 1989.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English rendering
era name
associatedEmperor Emperor Hirohito
surface form: "Hirohito"
associatedEmperorTitle Emperor of Japan
calendarContext Japanese calendar
correspondsToEra Showa era
surface form: "Shōwa era"
correspondsToReignOf Emperor Hirohito
country Japan
endYear 1989
eraSystem Japanese nengō system
followsEra Taisho era
surface form: "Taishō"
language English
meaningOfOriginalTerm "enlightened peace" or "bright peace"
notableHistoricalContext Japanese economic miracle
Pacific War
surface form: "World War II in Asia and the Pacific"

postwar reconstruction of Japan
pre-World War II Japan
originalKanji Showa era
surface form: "昭和"
precedesEra Heisei
refersTo Showa era
surface form: "Shōwa"
romanizationOfOriginal Showa era
surface form: "Shōwa"
scriptOfOriginal Japanese kanji
startYear 1926
timeSpan 1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
20th century
late 1920s
usedAsTranslationOf Japanese term "Shōwa"
usedIn historical writing about Japan
translations of Japanese historical terms

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Showa era eraNameMeaning Bright peace
subject surface form: "Shōwa era"

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