The Struggle for Power in Early Taishō Japan (1912–1914)

How a political crisis reshaped Japan at the dawn of the Taishō era

The Nihonbashi area during the Taisho period ((東京府, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons))

The transition from the Meiji era (1868–1912) to the Taishō era (1912–1926) was far from smooth. The Meiji pe…