Shōwa may refer to: *

Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...

(1901–1989), the 124th Emperor of Japan, known posthumously as Emperor Shōwa * Showa Corporation, a Japanese suspension and shock manufacturer, affiliated with the Honda keiretsu

Japanese eras

Jōwa (Heian period) was a after ''Tenchō'' and before '' Kashō.'' This period spanned the years from January 834 through July 848. The reigning emperors were and . Change of era * February 14, 834 : The new era name was created to mark an event or series of ...

(承和), alternatively read as Shōwa, from 834 to 848 * Shōwa (Kamakura period) (正和), from 1312 to 1317 * Shōwa (1926–1989) (昭和), from 1926 to 1989

Japanese places

* Shōwa, Akita, a former town in Akita Prefecture * Shōwa, Yamanashi, a town in Yamanashi Prefecture * Shōwa, a former town in Tokyo, now part of

Akishima, Tokyo is a city located in the western portion of Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 113,542, and a population density of 6500 persons per km². The total area of the city is . Geography Akishima is located on the left ...

* Shōwa-ku, a ward of Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture * Shōwa, Fukushima, a village in Fukushima Prefecture *

Shōwa, Gunma 250px, Morishita area of Showa is a village located in Gunma Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 7,228 in 2751 households, and a population density of 110 persons per km². The total area of the village is . Geogr ...

, a village in Gunma Prefecture *

Shōwa, Saitama was a town in Kitakatsushika District, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 37,047 and a density of . The total area was . On October 1, 2005, Shōwa was merged into the expanded city of Kasukabe and n ...

, a dissolved town in Saitama Prefecture * Showa Station (Antarctica), a Japanese research station located in Antarctica

Japanese educational institutions

Showa University is a private comprehensive medical university in Japan with campuses in Tokyo, Yamanashi and Kanagawa Prefectures. It currently has four schools: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing and rehabilitation sciences. What was to become today' ...

, in Tokyo *

Showa Women's University is a women's private university in Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. The university has undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs and five research institutes. It also contains affiliated schools that span from kindergarten to high school. Aside fr ...

, in Tokyo *

Showa Pharmaceutical University is a private university at Machida, Tokyo, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, w ...

(昭和薬科大学 ''Shōwa Yakka Daigaku''), in Tokyo * Showa Academia Musicae (昭和音楽大学 ''Shōwa Ongaku Daigaku''), in Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture *

Showa Museum of Art The Showa Museum of Art (昭和美術館 ''Shōwa Bijitsukan'') is a private art museum located in the Shiomi district of Shōwa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. History The collection is by the local Gifu-born businessman Kozo Goto (1881-1 ...

(昭和美術館 ''Shōwa Bijitsukan''), in Nagoya

Other uses

* ''Showa Era'', the series of

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movies ranging from 1954 to 1975. *

Shewa Shewa ( am, ሸዋ; , om, Shawaa), formerly romanized as Shua, Shoa, Showa, Shuwa (''Scioà'' in Italian), is a historical region of Ethiopia which was formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire. The modern Ethiopian capital A ...

, also spelled ''Showa'', a region of Ethiopia * Showa (fish), a variety of ornamental koi (carp) * '' Showa: A History of Japan'', a manga by Shigeru Mizuki * ''Shōwa'', an album by The Gerogerigegege * ''Shōwa'', an album by

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