Shōwa period
period of Japanese history within the 20th century CE (1926-1989)
The Shōwa period (昭和時代, Shōwa jidai), also known as the Shōwa era, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Taishō and before Heisei. This period started on December 25, 1926 and ended on January 7, 1989.[1] During this time, the emperor was Shōwa-tennō ((昭和天皇), also known as Hirohito (裕仁)[2]
The nengō Shōwa means "Brilliant Harmony"[3]
This was the longest period or era in Japanese new history.
Events of the Shōwa period
changeThe years in which Shōwa was the Japanese monarch comprise this period or era.[4]
World War II was an important part of the era.
- 1979 (Shōwa 54): 5th G7 summit in Tokyo
- 1986 (Shōwa 61): 12th G7 summit in Tokyo
Politics
change- 1926 (Shōwa 1): Emperor Taishō died; and Wakatsuki Reijirō was the Prime Minister during the time of transition.[5]
- 1927 (Shōwa 2): Tanaka Giichi became 26th Prime Minister[6]
- 1929 (Shōwa 4): Osachi Hamaguchi became 27th Prime Minister[7]
- 1931 (Shōwa 6): Wakatsuki became 28th Prime Minister[8]
- 1931 (Shōwa 6): Inukai Tsuyoshi became 29th Prime Minister[9]
- 1932 (Shōwa 7): Saitō Makoto became 30th Prime Minister[10]
- 1934 (Shōwa 9): Keisuke Okada became 31st Prime Minister[11]
- 1936 (Shōwa 11): Koki Hirota became 32nd Prime Minister[12]
- 1937 (Shōwa 12): Senjuro Hayashi became 33rd Prime Minister[13]
- 1937 (Shōwa 12): Fumimaro Konoe became 34th Prime Minister[14]
- 1939 (Shōwa 14): Hiranuma Kiichirō became 35th Prime Minister[15]
- 1939 (Shōwa 14): Nobuyuki Abe became 36th Prime Minister[16]
- 1940 (Shōwa 15): Mitsumasa Yonai became 37th Prime Minister[17]
- 1940 (Shōwa 15): Konoe became 38th Prime Minister[18]
- 1941 (Shōwa 16): Konoe became 39th Prime Minister[18]
- 1941 (Shōwa 16): Hideki Tojo became 40th Prime Minister[19]
- 1944 (Shōwa 19): Kuniaki Koiso became 41st Prime Minister[20]
- 1945 (Shōwa 20): Kantaro Suzuki became 42nd Prime Minister[21]
- 1945 (Shōwa 21): Naruhiko Higashikuni became 43rd Prime Minister[22]
- 1945 (Shōwa 21): Kijuro Shidehara became 44th Prime Minister[23]
- 1946 (Shōwa 22): Shigeru Yoshida became 45th Prime Minister[24]
- 1947 (Shōwa 23): Tetsu Katayama became 46th Prime Minister[25]
- 1948 (Shōwa 24): Hitoshi Ashida became 47th Prime Minister[26]
- 1948 (Shōwa 24): Yoshida became 48th Prime Minister[18]
- 1949 (Shōwa 25): Yoshida became 49th Prime Minister[18]
- 1952 (Shōwa 27): Yoshida became 50th Prime Minister[18]
- 1953 (Shōwa 28): Yoshida became 51st Prime Minister[18]
- 1954 (Shōwa 29): Ichiro Hatoyama became 52nd Prime Minister[27]
- 1955 (Shōwa 30): Hatoyama became 53rd Prime Minister[18]
- 1955 (Shōwa 30): Hatoyama became 54th Prime Minister[18]
- 1956 (Shōwa 31): Tanzan Ishibashi became 55th Prime Minister[28]
- 1957 (Shōwa 32): Nobusuke Kishi became 56th Prime Minister[29]
- 1958 (Shōwa 33): Kishi became 57th Prime Minister[18]
- 1960 (Shōwa 35): Hayato Ikeda became 58th Prime Minister[30]
- 1960 (Shōwa 35): Ikeda became 59th Prime Minister[18]
- 1963 (Shōwa 38): Ikeda became 60th Prime Minister[18]
- 1964 (Shōwa 39): Eisaku Sato became 61st Prime Minister[31]
- 1967 (Shōwa 42): Sato became 62nd Prime Minister[32]
- 1970 (Shōwa 45): Sato became 63rd Prime Minister[32]
- 1972 (Shōwa 47): Kakuei Tanaka became 64th Prime Minister[33]
- 1972 (Shōwa 47): Tanaka became 65th Prime Minister[32]
- 1974 (Shōwa 49): Takeo Miki became 66th Prime Minister[34]
- 1976 (Shōwa 51): Takeo Fukuda became 67th Prime Minister[35]
- 1978 (Shōwa 53): Masayoshi Ohira became 68th Prime Minister[36]
- 1979 (Shōwa 54): Ohira became 69th Prime Minister[32]
- 1980 (Shōwa 55): Zenko Suzuki became 70th Prime Minister[37]
- 1982 (Shōwa 57): Yasuhiro Nakasone became 71st Prime Minister[38]
- 1983 (Shōwa 58): Nakasone became 72nd Prime Minister[32]
- 1986 (Shōwa 61): Nakasone became 73rd Prime Minister[32]
- 1987 (Shōwa 62): Noboru Takeshita became 74th Prime Minister[39]
Gallery
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1928 general election poster
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Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida signs the Treaty of San Francisco in September 1951
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Special coin minted for the 1964 Summer Olympic Games
Related pages
changeReferences
change- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 888. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 889. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Dean (2002). Japanese Legal System. Cavendish Publishing. p. 55. ISBN 978-1-84314-322-2.
- ↑ GlobalSecurity.org, Japanese years. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 1025. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 946. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet (Kantei), 1st-30th (1885-1934). Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 391. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
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- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 317. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 1056. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 Kantei, 31st-60th (1834-1964). Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 971. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 545. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 918. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 309. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 852. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 1059–1060. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 490. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 396–397. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 528–529. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 377. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 827–828. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 Kantei, 61st-90th (1964-2007). Retrieved 2011-12-15.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. pp. 946–947. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 216. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 741. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 919. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 692. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
- ↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 941. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
Other websites
changeMedia related to Shōwa era at Wikimedia Commons
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
Shōwa | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
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1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 |
Shōwa | 21st | 22nd | 23rd | 24th | 25th | 26th | 27th | 28th | 29th | 30th | 31th | 32th | 33th | 34th | 35th | 36th | 37th | 38th | 39th | 40th |
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1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 |
Shōwa | 41st | 42nd | 43rd | 44th | 45th | 46th | 47th | 48th | 49th | 50th | 51th | 52th | 53th | 54th | 55th | 56th | 57th | 58th | 59th | 60th |
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1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
Shōwa | 61st | 62nd | 63rd | 64th |
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1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
Preceded by: Taishō |
Era or nengō: Shōwa |
Succeeded by: Heisei |