Emperor Taishō of Japan (born 1879)

Emperor Taishō

Emperor of Japan from 1912 to 1926

, posthumously honored as Emperor Taishō , was the 123rd emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1912 until his death in 1926. His reign, known as the Taishō era, was characterized by a liberal and democratic shift in domestic political…