Tokyo in the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 5 people and 6 moments here, from 1922 to 1937. The most recorded lives are Hirohito, Albert Einstein and Rabindranath Tagore.

Notable people

1. Hirohito

   from 1923 to 1932

   2 moments here

   Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…

2. Albert Einstein

   in 1922

   1 moment here

   German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…

3. Rabindranath Tagore

   in 1924

   1 moment here

   Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

4. Huang Xianfan

   in 1935

   1 moment here

   Huang Xianfan was a Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, and pioneer of field research on minority peoples in Guangxi and neighboring…

5. Helen Keller

   in 1937

   1 moment here

   Helen Adams Keller was an American deafblind author, lecturer, disability-rights advocate, and political activist.…

Moments

1. 1922 Lectures and receives imperial audience in Tokyo Albert Einstein
2. 1923 Toranomon assassination attempt Hirohito
3. 1924 Lectures at Tokyo Imperial University Rabindranath Tagore
4. 1932 Sakuradamon Incident Hirohito
5. 1935 Departed for Tokyo Imperial University Huang Xianfan
6. 1937 First visit to Japan Helen Keller

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