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