Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. East Asian
7. Japanese (culture or style)
8. Modern Japanese

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the period and style that coincided with the rule of emperor Hirohito, called Showa, from 1926 to 1989. The period is one of complex and contradictory changes from parliamentary democracy into militarism and global war and finally to economic recovery.