Knowra Taishō era Taishō era The period of Japanese history corresponding to Emperor Taishō’s reign, from 1912 until his death in 1926. It is associated with party politics, social change, and expanding urban culture.
Taishō Democracy : A period of expanding party politics, electoral participation, and liberal debate in Japan, especially from the 1910s into the early 1930s. Its growth and limits define the era’s best-known political transformation.
Imperial Diet : Japan’s national legislature, established under the Meiji Constitution and later renamed the National Diet. Elected parties contested policy in this legislature, though its authority remained constitutionally limited.
Emperor Taishō : The 123rd emperor of Japan, whose reign lasted from 1912 until his death in 1926. His accession and death mark the era’s beginning and end.
Taishō Roman : A cultural style and later popular image associated with the Taishō era’s urban modernity, romanticism, and Western-influenced fashions. It captures how the period’s cultural memory blends cosmopolitan novelty with nostalgia.
Universal Manhood Suffrage in Japan : The 1925 law that enfranchised Japanese men aged 25 and older, while excluding women and some other groups. The reform broadened electoral politics near the era’s end.
Meiji Constitution : Japan’s 1889 constitution, which established an imperial state with a legislature and cabinet under the sovereign emperor. Its rules set the institutional boundaries within which Taishō party politics operated.
Meiji era : The period of Japanese history during Emperor Meiji’s reign, from 1868 to 1912. The Taishō era inherited the institutions and rapid modernization built under Meiji.
Moga and mobo : Japanese abbreviations for modern girls and modern boys, associated with fashionable urban youth in the 1920s. These figures embodied new consumer styles and changing gender expectations in city life.
Peace Preservation Law : A 1925 Japanese law used to suppress movements deemed threatening to the imperial system or private property. Its passage exposed the coercive limits accompanying political liberalization.
Hara Takashi : A Japanese statesman who served as prime minister from 1918 to 1921 and led the Seiyūkai party. His cabinet marked a major step toward government led by a party politician.
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