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4 unusual facts about Emperor Taishō


Rijo Shukyu Football Club

And the Emperor's Cup was canceled, because of the death of the Emperor Taishō, in 1926.

Sasaki Takayuki

Sasaki was later selected to be one of the tutors involved in the education of Crown Prince Haru (the future Emperor Taishō), as well as Emperor Meiji’s daughters, Princesses Masako and Fusako.

Tokugawa Yoshinobu-ke

The wife of Prince Takamatsu-no-miya Nobuhito (third son of Emperor Taishō) was Tokugawa Kikuko, daughter of the second Prince of the Yoshinobu-ke, Yoshihisa.

Toyama Shogyo High School

The school has been in operation for more than a century and, with only brief interruptions in operation, has survived war with China, Russia, and the United States of America, and has seen the reign of the Meiji, Taisho, Showa, and Heisei Emperors.


Chrysanthemum Throne

In the 1920s, Hirohito served as Regent during several years of his father's reign, when Emperor Taishō was physically unable to fulfill his Imperial duties.


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