Taisho era

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tokyo
gptkbp:country gptkb:Japan
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Japanese_yen
gptkbp:endDate 1926-12-25
gptkbp:eraKanji gptkb:大正
gptkbp:eraMeaning gptkb:Great_Justice
gptkbp:eraNumber 123rd era of Japan
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Showa_era
gptkbp:governmentType gptkb:monarchy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Taisho era
gptkbp:language Japanese
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Emperor_Taisho
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:Great_Kanto_Earthquake
gptkb:Rice_Riots_of_1918
gptkb:Taisho_Democracy
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Yamamoto_Gonnohyōe
gptkb:Hara_Takashi
gptkb:Katō_Tomosaburō
gptkb:Kato_Takaaki
gptkb:Kiyoura_Keigo
gptkb:Tanaka_Giichi
gptkb:Wakatsuki_Reijirō
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:suffragist
gptkb:urban_development
gptkb:Taisho_Roman_(romanticism)
gptkb:proletarian_literature_movement
gptkb:Westernization
modern architecture
expansion of public education
modern literature
rise of political parties
art nouveau influence
cinema and film industry growth
department stores expansion
growth of labor unions
growth of urban middle class
increased literacy rates
jazz music popularity
magazines and publishing boom
mass media expansion
rise of leftist movements
universal male suffrage (1925)
youth culture emergence
gptkbp:population about 56 million (1920 census)
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Meiji_era
gptkbp:reigningEmperor gptkb:Emperor_Taisho
gptkbp:startDate 1912-07-30
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Emperor_Taisho
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4