Then, entering the Showa period, nationalistic views of history centered on the Emperor (Kokoku Shikan, that is emperor-centered historiography which is based on state Shinto) and poetic justice views of history became prosperous.
昭和期に入ると国粋主義的な天皇を中心とする歴史観（皇国史観）や勧善懲悪史観が隆盛するに至った。