The Meiji era (明治時代, Meiji jidai, [meꜜː(d)ʑi] ) was an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868, to July 30, 1912. The Meiji era was...

Japanese clothing during the Meiji period (1867–1912) saw a marked change from the preceding Edo period (1603–1867), following the final years of the...

monarch of the Empire of Japan and presided over the Meiji era. His reign is associated with the Meiji Restoration, a series of rapid changes that witnessed...

late Edo period (often called the Bakumatsu) and the beginning of the Meiji era, during which time Japan rapidly industrialized and adopted Western ideas...

1867 and 1912 Meiji era, the name given to that period in Japanese history Meiji Restoration, the revolution that began the Meiji period Meiji Constitution...

century, in Japan's Meiji era. The scholar of religion Brian Bocking stressed that, especially when dealing with periods before the Meiji era, the term Shinto...

illustrated by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The story begins in 1878, the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and follows a former assassin of the Bakumatsu, known as Hitokiri...

(武家思想, buke shisō), is rarely encountered in Japanese texts before the Meiji era, when the 11 volumes of the Hagakure of Yamamoto Tsunetomo, compiled in...

number of nishiki-e shops during the era, the price of a nishiki-e dropped to an affordable 16 to 32 mon. In the Meiji period, various nishiki-e illustrated...

the era is considered the time of the liberal movement known as Taishō Democracy; it is usually distinguished from the preceding chaotic Meiji era and...

The Meiji oligarchy was the new ruling class of Meiji period Japan. In Japanese, the Meiji oligarchy is called the domain clique (藩閥, hambatsu). The members...

Chinese; however some words have been borrowed back to Chinese. During the Meiji Restoration, Japanese words were invented en masse to represent western...

the Meiji era lasted until 30 July 1912, when the Emperor died and the Taishō (大正) era was proclaimed. 1912 is therefore known as both "Meiji 45" and...

haikai (haiku) and wrote the poetic travelogue Oku no Hosomichi. The Meiji era saw the decline of traditional literary forms as Japanese literature integrated...

opposed to the house of Tokugawa since the Battle of Sekigahara. The Meiji era changed all of that. With the introduction of mass education, conscription...

the beginning of the 19th century. Starting around the beginning of the Meiji era (1868－1912), the technique for making sake began to develop rapidly. Breeding...

with Design of Waterfall in Maki-e Lacquer, Edo or Meiji period, 19th century After the Meiji era, a new generation of artists further changed the decorative...

been discontinued in the 18th century and was briefly revived during the Meiji era. The office of Daijō-daijin was abolished in December 1885 with the appointment...

the Meiji era. The samurai class no longer held a monopoly on military power; their benefits and status were stripped from them after the Meiji Restoration...

O-yatoi gaikokujin (Foreign advisors to the Meiji-period Japanese government). Dentsu Advertising Museum/Meiji Era The first foreign trading firms in Japan...

earthquakes, and reconstructed to stand until the Meiji era. Several repairs were conducted after the Meiji era, but the damage caused by the September 1923...

foreign diplomats. The companies that remained active throughout the Meiji era also significantly broadened Noh's reach by catering to the general public...

present, Japanese banknotes are printed with portraits of people from the Meiji period and later. This is because it is desirable to use an accurate photograph...

Hokkaido, and reinstated assimilation programs on the Ainu. Prior to the Meiji era, the island was called Ezochi, which can be translated as "land of the...

"真影". In Meiji Era, only very limited persons, such as prime ministers, could meet Meiji Emperor in person and most Japanese people in Meiji Era had no...

ideology emerged at the start of the Meiji era, after government officials defined freedom of religion within the Meiji Constitution.: 115  Imperial scholars...

President of the State', was also used in the past. Before the adoption of the Meiji Constitution, Japan had in practice no written constitution. Originally...

Meiji-mura (博物館明治村, Hakubutsukan Meiji-mura, "Meiji Village Museum") is an open-air architectural museum/theme park in Inuyama, near Nagoya in Aichi prefecture...

of Meiji Japan (明治政府, Meiji seifu) was the government that was formed by politicians of the Satsuma Domain and Chōshū Domain in the 1860s. The Meiji government...

monarchy. In total, the Empire of Japan had three emperors: Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa. The Imperial era came to an end partway through Shōwa's reign, and he remained...