Taisho era

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historical era period of Japanese history

The Taisho era was a period in Japanese history from 1912 to 1926 marked by political liberalization, cultural modernization, and the growth of urban middle-class society.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era → period of Japanese history →
alsoKnownAs	Taisho era → surface form: "Taisho period"
artMovement	modern art in Japan →
capital	Tokyo →
constitutionInForce	Meiji Constitution →
country	Japan →
culturalCharacter	Westernization → cultural modernization → rise of mass culture →
culturalMovement	Taisho era → surface form: "Taisho romanticism" modernist literature → proletarian literature →
economicCharacter	industrial growth → urbanization →
educationTrend	expansion of public education →
endDate	1926-12-25 →
eraNameInJapanese	大正時代 →
fashionTrend	mobo (modern boy) → moga (modern girl) →
featureOfTaishoDemocracy	expansion of male suffrage → growth of political parties → strengthening of the Imperial Diet →
followedBy	Showa era →
follows	Meiji era →
foreignPolicy	alliance with the United Kingdom during World War I → expansion in East Asia →
GeneralElectionLaw1925Effect	introduction of universal male suffrage →
intellectualTrend	rise of liberal thought → spread of feminism → spread of socialism →
legalStatus	constitutional monarchy →
majorEvent	Great Kanto earthquake → Japan’s participation in World War I →
majorEventDate	1923-09-01 →
massMediaForm	magazines → newspapers → radio (late Taisho) →
meaningOfName	great righteousness →
namedAfter	Emperor Taishō → surface form: "Emperor Taisho"
notableLaw	General Election Law of 1925 → Peace Preservation Law of 1925 →
notablePoliticalPhase	Taisho era → surface form: "Taisho democracy"
PeacePreservationLaw1925Purpose	suppression of socialist and communist movements →
politicalCharacter	parliamentary development → party politics → political liberalization →
reigningEmperor	Emperor Taishō → surface form: "Emperor Taisho"
reigningEmperorPersonalName	Yoshihito →
religiousTrend	new religious movements →
socialCharacter	expansion of mass society → growth of urban middle class →
startDate	1912-07-30 →
technologyTrend	growth of mass media → spread of railways →

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ministry of War of Japan → activeDuring → Taisho era →

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Taisho era → alsoKnownAs → Taisho era →

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State Shinto → appliesToPeriod → Taisho era →

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Kigensetsu → associatedWithPeriod → Taisho era →

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Taisho era → culturalMovement → Taisho era →

this entity surface form: "Taisho romanticism"

Emperor Taishō → era → Taisho era →

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Empress Teimei → era → Taisho era →

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Imperial Japanese Army → era → Taisho era →

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Imperial Japanese Naval Academy → era → Taisho era →

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Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff → era → Taisho era →

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Itō Sukeyuki → era → Taisho era →

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Iwane Matsui → era → Taisho era →

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Japanese 10th Division → era → Taisho era →

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Katō Tomosaburō → era → Taisho era →

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Kure Naval Arsenal → era → Taisho era →

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Meiji Constitution → era → Taisho era →

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Naval War College (Japan) → era → Taisho era →

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Ozaki Yukio → era → Taisho era →

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Prince Asaka Yasuhiko → era → Taisho era →

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Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu → era → Taisho era →

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Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito → era → Taisho era →

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Prince Iyesato Tokugawa → era → Taisho era →

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Rear Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy) → era → Taisho era →

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Sasebo Naval Arsenal → era → Taisho era →

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Terauchi Masatake → era → Taisho era →

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Yamagata Aritomo → era → Taisho era →

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Yamamoto Gonnohyōe → era → Taisho era →

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Ōyama Iwao → era → Taisho era →

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Yoshihito → eraFeature → Taisho era →

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Emperor Taishō → eraName → Taisho era →

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Yoshihito → eraName → Taisho era →

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Meiji era → followedBy → Taisho era →

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General Election Law of 1925 → historicalContext → Taisho era →

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Navy Minister of Japan → historicalPeriod → Taisho era →

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Saitō Makoto → historicalPeriod → Taisho era →

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Ryūnosuke Akutagawa → movement → Taisho era →

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Taisho era → notablePoliticalPhase → Taisho era →

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Imperial Japanese Army General Staff → operatedIn → Taisho era →

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Navy Ministry of Japan → operatedInTheTimePeriod → Taisho era →

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Privy Council of Japan → operatingPeriod → Taisho era →

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Imperial Diet → periodOfActivity → Taisho era →

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Order of the Crown of Japan → periodOfUse → Taisho era →

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Peace Preservation Law of 1925 → politicalContext → Taisho era →

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Showa era → predecessorEra → Taisho era →

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Imperial Ordinances of Japan → timePeriod → Taisho era →

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Imperial Universities of Japan → timePeriod → Taisho era →

東條英機 → 時代 → Taisho era →

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