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The Shōwa Restoration (昭和維新, Shōwa Ishin) was promoted by Japanese author Kita Ikki in the 1930s, with the goal of restoring power to the newly enthroned Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito) and abolishing the liberal Taishō democracy. The aims of the "Shōwa Restoration" were similar to the Meiji Restoration as the groups who envisioned it imagined a small group of qualified people backing up a strong Emperor. The Cherry Blossom Society envisioned such a restoration.

The 1936 aborted coup known as the February 26 Incident was an attempt to bring it about, which failed because they were unable to secure the support of the Emperor. The chief conspirators surrendered in the hope to make their trial advance the cause, a hope that was foiled by the trials being conducted secretly.

Although all such attempts failed, it was a first step on the rise of Japanese militarism.

References

1. James L. McClain, Japan: A Modern History p 414 ISBN 0-393-04156-5
2. James L. McClain, Japan: A Modern History p 415 ISBN 0-393-04156-5
3. Meirion and Susie Harries, Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army p 188 ISBN 0-394-56935-0
4. Meirion and Susie Harries, Soldiers of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Japanese Army p 193 ISBN 0-394-56935-0

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Movements	Reform bureaucratism Shōwa Restoration
People	Before 1945 Hirohito Sadao Araki Inejirō Asanuma Tanaka Chigaku Kingoro Hashimoto Kiichirō Hiranuma Koki Hirota Nisshō Inoue Kanji Ishiwara Nobusuke Kishi Ikki Kita Kuniaki Koiso Fumimaro Konoe Jinzaburō Masaki Seigō Nakano Shūmei Ōkawa Uesugi Shinkichi Hideki Tojo Masanobu Tsuji Post-war Japan Bin Akao Yukio Mishima Otoya Yamaguchi Other Subhas Chandra Bose Park Chung Hee
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