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Taisho

[ tahy-shaw ]

noun

Japanese History.
  1. the designation of the period of the reign of Emperor Yoshihito, 1912–26.


Taisho

/ ٲɪˈʃəʊ /

noun

  1. the period of Japanese history and artistic style associated with the reign of Emperor Yoshihito (1912–26)
  2. the throne name of Yoshihito (1879–1926), emperor of Japan (1912–26)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Taisho1

< Japanese ٲō < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese à great + èԲ right(ness)
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State media ran a statement just before midnight Thursday quoting coast guard spokesperson Gan Yu saying a Chinese vessel issued a “warning to depart” to the Japanese fishing boat Zuiho Maru on Thursday near the the island known as Chiwei Yu in Chinese and Taisho in Japanese.

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Osaka recently signed with Panasonic, and Hachimura, a Washington Wizards forward, appears in ads for a Taisho Pharmaceutical energy drink and for Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

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When he was a boy, the peaceful Taisho democracy period was drawing to a close, to be followed by the gloomy Great Depression, then the swamp that was the Second Sino-Japanese War, and, finally, the tragedy of the Second World War.

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The Taisho era — 1912 to 1926 — for instance, was marked by an opening of society called Taisho Democracy that flourished before the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

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The Taisho era - 1912 to 1926 - for instance, was marked by an opening of society called Taisho Democracy that flourished before the rise of fascism in the 1930s.

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