From subjugation to assimilation and back Taiwan's first civilian governor-general, Den Kenziro, arrived in 1919. From that time until 1936, there were nine successive civilian chief executives, the last being Nakagawa Kenzo. This 17-year period coincided with the period of "Taisho democracy" in Japan. The policy toward Taiwan changed from one of "subjugation" to one of "assimilation."
一九一九年，台灣第一位的文官總督田健治郎到任，從他到一九三六年的中川健藏，一共有九任文官總督，歷時十七年，這段時期和日本國內的「大正民主期」幾乎重疊，對台的政策也由殖民時期轉為同化時期。