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Wikipedia: The Taishō period (大正時代, Taishō jidai, "period of great righteousness"), or Taishō era, is a period in the history of Japan dating from July 30, 1912 to December 25, 1926, coinciding with the reign of the Taishō Emperor. The health of the new emperor was weak, which prompted the shift in political power from the old oligarchic group of elder statesmen (or genrō) to the Diet of Japan and the democratic parties. Thus, the era is considered the time of the liberal movement known as the "Taishō democracy" in Japan; it is usually distinguished from the preceding chaotic Meiji period and the following militarism-driven first part of the Shōwa period.
![[Japanese Boy Scouts being trained with rifles.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Japan_drills_Boy_Scouts_with_rifles_1916_2_s.jpg "Japanese Boy Scouts being trained with rifles.")
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![[Japanese schoolgirl of the Taishō period.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jogakusei_in_Taisho_period_s.jpg "Japanese schoolgirl of the Taishō period.")
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