Tag: Taisho

The Pax Taishō

May 29, 2025 justin-david-hebert Season 14, Taisho Comments Off on The Pax Taishō
Season 14, Episode 10: The Pax Taishō
A photograph of Taiwanese prisoners being escorted by Japanese troops after the failure of the Tapani Incident. Source: Public Domain
A public health notice featured in a United States periodical informing its readers how to prevent the spread of the so-called “Spanish Flu,” which caused millions of deaths in the late 1910s. Source: Public Domain
A page from a Red Cross pamphlet about the March First Movement. Two Korean men are crucified as Japanese soldiers look on as punishment for their involvement in the mass protests. Source: Public Domain
A photograph of a Korean Uibyeong (Righteous Army) in 1907. Although the March First Movement was a peaceful protest, some Koreans were growing desperate enough under Japanese domination to take up arms. Source: Public Domain

Taishō Democracy

May 26, 2025 justin-david-hebert Season 14, Taisho Comments Off on Taishō Democracy

Toward the end of the Taisho Period, the Imperial Diet finally passed a law which established universal suffrage for men 25 and older regardless of tax assessment. Shortly before, however, they also passed a law which would allow law enforcement entities far greater powers of surveillance, harassment, and repression.

Obligations, Disasters, and Atrocities

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Japan signed a treaty with their fellow Entente Powers which slowed construction on the ever-increasing navies of many nations. In 1923, a terrible earthquake struck the Kanto Region resulting in massive damage and an incredible number of casualties. The atrocity that soon followed, however, only served to increase the tragedy.

The Fall of the Qing Dynasty

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The first decade of the 1900s witnessed a final attempt by the Qing Dynasty to reform its outmoded systems of governance and forge a new Chinese nation state. Those attempts eventually failed in the wake of a massive revolution against the last dynasty of China, which succeeded in 1912.

Crisis and Opportunity

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The Taisho Period began with a political crisis that threatened to upend the stability established by the Meiji Period as the people of Japan took to the streets to express their displeasure by rioting.