early Shōwa

A form of early Showa — Pertaining to the history of the Empire of Japan, spanning from December 1926 to September 1945.

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Meanings

adjectiveearly Shōwa (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative spelling of early Showa.

    Was early Shōwa Japan (1926-1945) thus fascist? As we saw at the start of this article, this question has been a key issue for research. We can’t provide any clear and final answer, or at least not a simple one.

    2013, Daniel Hedinger, “Universal Fascism and its Global Legacy. Italy’s and Japan’s Entangled History in the Early 1930s”, in Fascism 2, →DOI, page 159
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