Shōwa Restoration

Notion of restoring power to Emperor Hirohito and abolishing democracy in 1930s Japan

The Shōwa Restoration (昭和維新, Shōwa Ishin) was promoted by Japanese author Kita Ikki in the 1930s, with the goal of restoring power to the newly enthroned Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and abolishing the liberal Taishō democracy.[1] The aims of the "Shōwa Restoration" were similar to the Meiji Restoration as the groups who envisioned it imagined a small group of qualified people backing up a strong Emperor. The Cherry Blossom Society envisioned such a restoration.[2]

The 1936 aborted coup known as the February 26 Incident was an attempt to bring it about, which failed because they were unable to secure the support of the Emperor.[3] The chief conspirators surrendered in the hope to make their trial advance the cause, a hope that was foiled by the trials being conducted secretly.[4]

## References

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1. ^ James L. McClain, Japan: A Modern History p 414 ISBN 0-393-04156-5
2. ^ James L. McClain, Japan: A Modern History p 415 ISBN 0-393-04156-5
3. ^ Meirion and Susie Harries, Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army p 188 ISBN 0-394-56935-0
4. ^ Meirion and Susie Harries, Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army p 193 ISBN 0-394-56935-0

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Shōwa Statism

Themes|

* Anti-communism
* Bushido
* Corporatism
* Emperor system
* Fascism
* Gekokujō
* Hakkō ichiu
* Japanese militarism
* Kokutai
* Pan-Asianism
* State Shinto
* Statism
* Capitalism
* Totalitarianism
* Ultranationalism
* Yamato-damashii

Movements|

* Reform bureaucratism
* Shōwa Restoration

People|

| Before 1945|

* Hirohito
* Sadao Araki
* Inejirō Asanuma
* Tanaka Chigaku
* Kingoro Hashimoto
* Kiichirō Hiranuma
* Koki Hirota
* Nisshō Inoue
* Kanji Ishiwara
* Nobusuke Kishi
* Ikki Kita
* Kuniaki Koiso
* Fumimaro Konoe
* Jinzaburō Masaki
* Seigō Nakano
* Shūmei Ōkawa
* Uesugi Shinkichi
* Hideki Tojo
* Masanobu Tsuji

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Post-war Japan|

* Bin Akao
* Yukio Mishima
* Otoya Yamaguchi

Other|

* Subhas Chandra Bose
* Park Chung Hee

Organizations and factions|

| Before 1945|

* Black Ocean Society
* Fleet faction

* Gakutotai
* Great Japan Youth Party
* Imperial Rule Assistance Association
* Imperial Rule Assistance Political Association
* Japanese Committee on Trade and Information
* Kōdōha
* League of Diet Members Supporting the Prosecution of the Holy War
* National Defense Brotherhood
* National Foundation Society
* National Spiritual Mobilization Movement
* Sakurakai
* Shōwa Kenkyūkai
* Tōhōkai
* Tōseiha
* Yokusan Sonendan
* Young Officers Movement
* Yūzonsha

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Post-war Japan|

* Nippon Kaigi
* Tatenokai

Other|

* Concordia Association
* Makapili

History|

| 1930s|

* February 26 Incident
* League of Blood Incident
* Marco Polo Bridge incident
* March incident
* May 15 incident
* Military Academy incident
* Mukden incident
* October incident
* State General Mobilization Law
* Withdrawal from the Washington Naval Treaty

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1940–1945|

* Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
* Kyūjō incident
* Pacific War
* Tripartite Pact

1945–1949|

* Matsue incident
* Purge
* Reverse Course
* Sanmu incident

After the 1950s|

* Mishima incident

Works|

* An Investigation of Global Policy with the Yamato Race as Nucleus
* How Japan Plans to Win
* Kokutairon and Pure Socialism
* Momotaro: Sacred Sailors
* Momotarō no Umiwashi
* Moyuru ōzora
* Patriotism
* Ode of Showa Restoration
* Shinmin no Michi
* Sun and Steel
* The Most Beautiful

Related topics|

* American cover-up of Japanese war crimes
* The Cleanest Race
* Collaboration with Imperial Japan
* Korean
* Greater East Asia Conference
* International Military Tribunal for the Far East
* Japanese war crimes
* Japanese history textbook controversies
* List of World War II puppet states of Japan
* Propaganda in Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II
* Uyoku dantai

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