Taking its name from the reign of Emperor Taisho (1912-1926), the Taisho Era designates a brief but dynamic period of cultural change when Japan was becoming a modern, international presence. Some Japanese artists of the period experimented with Western aesthetics and artistic techniques (such as oil and watercolor), while others emphasized traditional Japanese subject matter, materials, and aesthetics such as the romanticized landscapes of nihonga painting. These were also the formative, silent-era years of cinema. The soul of Taisho chic lies in the Japanese flirtation with all things progressive, modern, exotically Western. 

 Kobayakawa Kiyoshi

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Nakamura Daizaburo

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Wada Seika

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