Emperor Naruhito’s enthronement ceremony on October 22 was modeled after the accession of his great-grandfather, Emperor Taishō, in 1915 in Kyoto—the first ceremony to be held as a state ...

In January 1920, Emperor Taishō issued an “imperial ordinance on the restoration of peace,” exhorting citizens to take advantage of peace and move forward in line with the progress of the age.

This period of political activity is often called Taishō Democracy. The period is strictly defined by the reign of Emperor Yoshihito from 1912 to 1926. As his father was known as the Meiji Emperor, ...

From Meiji to Taishō. In 1888, the Japanese government under the Meiji emperor adopted its first written Western-style constitution. The Constitution was modeled after the Prussian constitution of the ...

She was the first to receive the title “Empress Consort,” and became the adoptive mother of the future Emperor Taishō and grandmother of Hirohito, who would succeed Taishō as Emperor in 1926. An ...