昭和元禄

昭和元禄

Japanese

Kanji in this term
昭	和	元	禄
しょう Grade: 3	わ Grade: 3	げん Grade: 2	ろく Jinmeiyō
goon		kan’on

Alternative spelling
昭和元祿 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Coined by Takeo Fukuda in 1964.[1]

From 昭和 (Shōwa, era name between 1926-89) +‎ 元禄 (Genroku, era name during the mid-Edo period, considered to be the golden age of that time).

Proper noun

昭(しょう)和(わ)元(げん)禄(ろく) • (Shōwa Genroku) 

1. (historical) the period of peace, leisureliness, and high economic growth in post-war Japan until the oil crises of the 1970s

References

1. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN