[Dr Kain]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dampiel

"The Shōwa period (昭和時代 Shōwa jidai), or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926, through January 7, 1989"

It's like someone calling 1970's New York the Italian Renaissance.

And sorry I took us off topic.

Yes, I know what it means, but I still don't see what the problem is. Japan is always identified by its rulers at that time. So has been Egypt, China, etc. We do have our eras too. We have the Revolutionary War period, the Wild West/Western Expansion, Civil War, Great Depression, the Nixon administration, the Reagen administration, etc.