In his coronation address which was read to the people, the newly enthroned emperor referenced this Japanese era name or nengō:
"I have visited the battlefields of the Great War in France. In the presence of such devastation, I understand the blessing of peace and the necessity of concord among nations."[2]
Considering that the early Shōwa period was to be anything but peaceful, occasionally people would translate it into "period of radiant Japan" or "period of Japanese glory" according to features of the era.