Editing Taipei (section)

===Empire of Japan===
[[File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-6550514-taihoku-east-2422-iii.jpg|left|thumb|Map of eastern Taipei (labeled as TAIHOKU) and nearby areas ([[Army Map Service|AMS]], 1944)]]
[[File:大島久滿次.jpg|thumb|The [[Taihoku Prefecture]] government building in the 1910s (now the [[Control Yuan]] building)]]

As settlement for losing the [[First Sino-Japanese War]], China ceded the [[island of Taiwan]] to the [[Empire of Japan]] in 1895 as part of the [[Treaty of Shimonoseki]]. After the Japanese takeover, Taipei, romanized into English as '''Taihoku''' following the Japanese language pronunciation, was retained as the capital. It subsequently emerged as the political center of the Japanese Colonial Government.<ref name="marsh1" /> During that time the city acquired the characteristics of an administrative center, including many new public buildings and [[Qidong Street Japanese Houses|housing for civil servants]]. Much of the architecture of Taipei dates from the period of [[Taiwan under Japanese rule|Japanese rule]], including the [[Presidential Office Building (Republic of China)|Presidential Office Building]] which was the Office of the [[Governor-General of Taiwan]].

During Japanese rule, Taihoku was incorporated in 1920 as part of [[Taihoku Prefecture]]. It included [[Wanhua District|Bangka]], [[Twatutia]], and {{nihongo||城內|Jōnai}} among other small settlements. The eastern village of {{nihongo||松山庄|Matsuyama|modern-day [[Songshan District, Taipei]]}} was annexed into Taihoku City in 1938. Taihoku and surrounding areas were bombed by Allied forces on several occasions. The largest of these Allied air raids, the [[Taihoku Air Raid]], took place on 31 May 1945.