Word: taisho
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proved to be a disappointment in other respects. Unlike his father, Emperor Taisho, a dandy who liked to emulate Kaiser Wilhelm by waxing and curling his mustache and galloping around on a horse, Hirohito neither looked nor acted warlike. From a gentle, somewhat toothy, thin-chested little boy, he grew into a gentle, somewhat toothy, thin-chested little man, who loved nothing better than to go splashing around for specimens for his marine-biology collection. Unlike his bold and high-living grandfather, Emperor Meiji, who used to select his bed partner by dropping a silk handkerchief in front...