Meiji era

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historical era period of Japanese history

The Meiji era was a transformative period in Japanese history (1868–1912) marked by rapid modernization, industrialization, and the establishment of Western-style political, educational, and social institutions.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era → period of Japanese history →
alsoKnownAs	Meiji period →
capital	Tokyo →
constitution	Meiji Constitution →
country	Japan →
culturalChange	Westernization of clothing and customs → adoption of Western technology → development of modern Japanese literature →
economicPolicy	promotion of zaibatsu conglomerates → state-led industrialization →
educationInstitutionType	modern universities →
endDate	1912 →
followedBy	Taishō era →
follows	Edo period → Tokugawa period →
foreignPolicy	imperial expansion in East Asia → unequal treaty revision efforts →
formerCapital	Kyoto →
governmentType	constitutional monarchy →
headOfState	Emperor Meiji →
legalSystem	civil code based partly on European models →
legislativeBody	House of Peers → House of Representatives →
militaryOrganization	Imperial Japanese Army → Imperial Japanese Navy →
namedAfter	Emperor Meiji →
notableUniversityFounded	University of Tokyo →
parliament	Imperial Diet →
reform	creation of a modern bureaucracy → education system reform → industrialization → introduction of compulsory education → judicial system reform → land tax reform → modernization of the military →
religiousPolicy	State Shinto promotion →
significantEvent	First Sino-Japanese War → Freedom and People’s Rights Movement → Iwakura Mission → Meiji Restoration → Russo-Japanese War → Satsuma Rebellion → abolition of the feudal han system → annexation of Korea → establishment of prefecture system → promulgation of the Meiji Constitution →
socialChange	abolition of samurai class privileges → creation of conscript army → urbanization →
startDate	1868 →

Referenced by (96)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Pungdo ("Meiji period") → Emperor Meiji ("Meiji period") → Empress Shōken → First Sino-Japanese War ("Meiji period") → Imperial Japanese Army ("Meiji period") → Imperial Japanese Naval Academy ("Meiji period") → Imperial Japanese Navy General Staff ("Meiji period") → Itagaki Taisuke ("Meiji period") → Itō Hirobumi ("Meiji period") → Itō Sukeyuki ("Meiji period") → Iwakura Mission ("Meiji period") → Iwane Matsui ("Meiji period") → Japanese 10th Division ("Meiji period") → Japanese 3rd Division ("Meiji period") → Katō Tomosaburō ("Meiji period") → Kume Kunitake ("Meiji period") → Kure Naval Arsenal ("Meiji period") → Kōno Hironaka → Meiji Constitution ("Meiji period") → Mitsubishi Nagasaki shipyard ("Meiji period") → Mori Arinori ("Meiji period") → Nakae Chōmin ("Meiji period") → National Seven Universities ("Meiji period") → Naval War College (Japan) ("Meiji period") → Nishi Amane ("Meiji period") → Ozaki Yukio → Prince Asaka Yasuhiko ("Meiji period") → Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu ("Meiji period") → Prince Higashifushimi Yorihito ("Meiji period") → Prince Iyesato Tokugawa ("Meiji period") → Rear Admiral (Imperial Japanese Navy) ("Meiji period") → Rikken Kaishintō ("Meiji period") → Sasebo Naval Arsenal ("Meiji period") → Terauchi Masatake ("Meiji period") → Ueki Emori ("Meiji period") → Yamagata Aritomo ("Meiji period") → Yamaguchi Naoyoshi ("Meiji period") → Yamamoto Gonnohyōe ("Meiji period") → Ōkubo Toshimichi ("Meiji period") → Ōyama Iwao ("Meiji period") →	era
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan ("Meiji period") → Boys, be ambitious → Field Marshal (Imperial Japanese Army) ("Meiji period") → Imperial Japanese Army Academy ("Meiji period") → Imperial Ordinances of Japan ("Meiji period") → Imperial Universities of Japan → Russo-Japanese War → Siege of Kumamoto Castle ("Meiji period") →	timePeriod
Battle of Weihaiwei ("Meiji period") → Japanese 11th Division ("late Meiji period") → Otaru ("Meiji period") → Taishin-in ("Meiji period") → Treaty of Portsmouth ("Meiji period") →	historicalEra
Army Minister of Japan ("Meiji period") → Maizuru Naval Arsenal ("Meiji period") → Navy Minister of Japan ("Meiji period") → Saitō Makoto ("late Meiji period") →	historicalPeriod
First Sino-Japanese War ("Meiji Restoration") → Satsuma Rebellion ("Meiji Restoration") →	relatedTo
Kaga Province ("Meiji period") →	abolishedAsProvince
Ministry of War of Japan ("Meiji period") →	activeDuring
Kataoka Kenkichi →	activeInPeriod
Meiji era ("Meiji period") →	alsoKnownAs
State Shinto ("Meiji period") →	appliesToPeriod
State Shinto ("Meiji Restoration") →	associatedWith
Kigensetsu ("Meiji period") →	associatedWithPeriod
The Last Samurai (2003 film) score ("Meiji-era Japan") →	associatedWithSetting
Tokugawa shogunate navy ("Meiji Restoration") →	dissolvedAfter
Edo period ("Meiji Restoration") →	endEvent
Emperor Meiji ("Meiji") →	eraName
Emperor Taishō ("Meiji period") →	eraPreceded
Order of the Chrysanthemum ("Meiji period") →	established
Edo period ("Meiji period") →	followedBy
Taisho era →	follows
Japanese 11th Division ("Meiji period") →	formedIn
Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki →	historicalPeriodDescribed
Liang Qichao ("Japanese Meiji reforms") →	influencedBy
Japanese yen ("Meiji government") →	introducedBy
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ("Meiji Japan") →	locatedIn
Freedom and People’s Rights Movement ("Meiji period") →	mainPeriod
Kume Kunitake ("Meiji Enlightenment") →	movement
Imperial Japanese Army General Staff ("Meiji period") →	operatedIn
Navy Ministry of Japan ("Meiji period") →	operatedInTheTimePeriod
Privy Council of Japan ("Meiji period") →	operatingPeriod
Itagaki Taisuke ("Meiji Restoration") →	participatedIn
House of Peers ("Meiji period") →	partOfPeriod
Imperial Diet ("Meiji period") →	periodOfActivity
Order of the Crown of Japan ("Meiji period") →	periodOfUse
Tokumei Zenken Taishi Bei-O Kairan Jikki →	publicationPeriod
Jidai Matsuri ("Meiji period") →	representsPeriod
Meiji era ("Meiji Restoration") →	significantEvent
Battle of Pyongyang ("Meiji period") →	tookPlaceDuring
Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan ("Meiji period") →	typicalPeriodCovered
Kyushu ("Meiji Restoration") →	wasImportantIn
Shinto ("Meiji government") →	wasRegulatedBy
Hiromori Hayashi →	workPeriod