Thursday, February 19, 2015

Taisho period

It's called the Taisho period from 1912 to 1926.

The first constitution protection movement in 1913.(Taisho Democracy)
It's refers to movement initiated during the Taisho Period by Kokumin (the people) and political parties to protect constitutional government.
It grew by popular election law's passing through the assembly in 1925.

World War broke out in 1914.
Japan, based on the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, joined in World War I as a member of the Allies.
Industrial production increases sharply by great war special procurement, and Japan will be unprecedented prosperity.

The Siberia Intervention was conducted in 1918.
the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.

In the cultural aspect, while education spread, popular literature was announced briskly.
A movie, a record and radios spread and pleased people.

Japan economy after the First World War has become worse.
The Great Kanto Earthquake occurred in further 1923, and people became a very painful situation.