Taisho era

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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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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 self-linksurface differs
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 self-linksurface differs
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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this entity surface form: Taishō period
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