Meiji oligarchy

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The Meiji oligarchy was the small group of powerful statesmen and former samurai who effectively ruled Japan during the Meiji era, driving its rapid modernization and transformation into a centralized, industrialized nation-state.

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Emperor Meiji associatedWith Meiji oligarchy
this entity surface form: Meiji government of Japan
Tokugawa shogunate followedBy Meiji oligarchy
this entity surface form: Meiji government
Kigensetsu introducedBy Meiji oligarchy
this entity surface form: Meiji government
Kido Takayoshi memberOf Meiji oligarchy
Ōkubo Toshimichi memberOf Meiji oligarchy
Itagaki Taisuke partOf Meiji oligarchy
this entity surface form: Meiji oligarchy (early years)