Word: genro
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...death of Prince Yamagata is generally considered an indicator of the end of an era, the decline of the Genro, and with it that deep-rooted reverence for elders and superiors which has been a characteristic of the Japanese race...
Japan is in the throes of violent popular demonstrations for universal manhood suffrage and a more democratic government. Whether an industrial, bourgeois bureaucracy will take the place left vacant by the crowned oligarchy of the Genro and the military party is uncertain. What is clear is that a grave crisis confronts the nation. If, as is more than possible, Japan has outgrown herself, if she holds a position in the world today out of all proportion to her size because of the feudal organization of her people; she will gradually decline with the increase of democracy. Her new leaders will...