Taishō period

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:characterizedBy gptkb:Taishō_democracy
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Japanese_yen
gptkbp:endDate 1926-12-25
gptkbp:eraName gptkb:Taishō
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Shōwa_period
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Taishō period
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Emperor_Taishō
gptkbp:notableCase gptkb:Peace_Preservation_Law_(1925)
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Great_Kantō_earthquake
gptkb:Women's_suffrage_movement
gptkb:Kanto_Massacre
gptkb:Siberian_Intervention
gptkb:Formation_of_the_Japanese_Communist_Party
gptkb:Washington_Naval_Conference
gptkb:Rice_Riots_of_1918
Urbanization
Development of modern literature
Economic boom and bust after World War I
Emergence of new art forms
Expansion of education system
Expansion of mass media
Formation of the Seiyūkai and Minseitō parties
Growth of middle class
Rise of labor movements
Spread of Western culture
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Yamamoto_Gonnohyōe
gptkb:Takahashi_Korekiyo
gptkb:Hara_Takashi
gptkb:Katō_Tomosaburō
gptkb:Kiyoura_Keigo
gptkb:Tanaka_Giichi
gptkb:Wakatsuki_Reijirō
gptkb:Kato_Komei
gptkb:Katō_Takaaki
gptkbp:notableMovement gptkb:Taishō_Roman
modernism
proletarian literature
gptkbp:notableReform universal male suffrage (1925)
gptkbp:population approximately 60 million (1920 census)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Meiji_period
gptkbp:reigningEmperor gptkb:Emperor_Taishō
gptkbp:startDate 1912-07-30
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Ōkuma_Shigenobu
gptkb:Empress_Teimei
gptkb:Yamagata_Aritomo
gptkb:Genrō
gptkb:Rikken_Seiyūkai
gptkb:sosaku-hanga
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5