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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All labels observed (23)

Label	Occurrences
Meiji period	203
Meiji era canonical	36
Meiji Restoration	8
明治時代	7
Meiji	3
Meiji Japan	3
Meiji era Japan	3
Meiji-era Japan	3
late Meiji period	3
Meiji government	2
Japanese Meiji reforms	1
Meiji Enlightenment	1
Meiji Enlightenment thought	1
Meiji intellectual reforms	1
Meiji legal modernization	1
Meiji modernization policies	1
Meiji period Japan	1
Meiji period and later modern Japanese state	1
Meiji period of Japan	1
Meiji-era reforms	1
Meiji-period Japan	1
Westernization of Japan	1
early Meiji period	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical era ⓘ period of Japanese history ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Meiji era ⓘ surface form: 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	Taisho era ⓘ surface form: Taishō era
follows	Edo period ⓘ Edo period ⓘ surface form: 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	National Diet ⓘ surface form: 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 era self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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