(3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...
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practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical...
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corresponded to the reign of Emperor Meiji. It was preceded by the Keiō era and was succeeded by the Taishō era, upon the accession of Emperor Taishō. The rapid...
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1926. The era he presided over is known as the Taishō era. Born to Emperor Meiji and his concubine Yanagiwara Naruko, Yoshihito was proclaimed crown...
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dictated domestic policy matters. After the Meiji Restoration, which restored direct political power to the emperor for the first time in over a millennium...
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Meiji Shrine (明治神宮, Meiji Jingū) is a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress...
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shortly after his death and the Meiji Restoration in the beginning of the reign of his son and successor Emperor Meiji. Before Kōmei's accession to the...
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the emperor. After the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the emperor was the embodiment of all sovereign power in the realm, as enshrined in the Meiji Constitution...
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Hirohito (redirect from Emperor Hirohito of Japan)
longest of any Japanese emperor. Hirohito was born in Aoyama, Tokyo, during the reign of his paternal grandfather, Emperor Meiji. He was the first child...
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up Meiji or meiji in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Meiji, the romanization of the Japanese characters 明治, may refer to: Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan...
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Emperor Meiji. In the Middle Ages and later (the first example is said to be Emperor Go-Sanjō, but it is said to have become customary after Emperor Go-Fukakusa)...
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Empire of Japan (section Meiji era (1868–1912))
Japan had three emperors: Meiji, Taishō, and Shōwa. The Imperial era came to an end partway through Shōwa's reign, and he remained emperor until 1989. The...
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Boshin War (category Meiji Restoration)
officials secured control of the Imperial Court and influenced the young Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the sitting shōgun, realizing the futility of his...
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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...
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(IJAF) were the unified forces of the Empire of Japan. Formed during the Meiji Restoration in 1868, they were disbanded in 1945, shortly after Japan's...
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Yoyogi Gyoen (Yoyogi Imperial Garden) and was frequently visited by Emperor Meiji and Empress Shōken. The garden contains a tea house, an arbour, a fishing...
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The Last Samurai (category Films set in the Meiji period)
concluding that Omura is responsible. Katsumoto requests a meeting with Emperor Meiji in Tokyo. He brings Algren, intending to release him. Upon arriving...
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Shigeko Higashikuni (category Daughters of Japanese emperors)
Higashikuni (grandson of Emperor Meiji) and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was the eldest sister to Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and...
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Akihito (redirect from Emperor Akihito of Japan)
on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2017. Keene, Donald. Emperor of Japan: Meiji And His World, 1852–1912. Columbia University Press (2005). ISBN 0-231-12341-8...
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and the Second World War. He was the son-in-law of Emperor Meiji and uncle by marriage of Emperor Hirohito. As the commander of Japanese forces outside...
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cousin of Naruhito. His father was Morihiro Higashikuni, a grandson of Emperor Meiji. He was born in a shelter home amid the air raid on Tokyo as the eldest...
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Yanagiwara Naruko (category Emperor Taishō)
concubine of Emperor Meiji, she was the mother of Emperor Taishō and the most recent concubine to have given birth to a reigning Japanese emperor. Yanagiwara...
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Empress Shōken (category Emperor Meiji)
as Empress Dowager Shōken (昭憲皇太后, Shōken-kōtaigō), was the wife of Emperor Meiji of Japan. She was one of the founders of the Japanese Red Cross Society...
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Shogun (section Relationship with the emperor)
ending when Tokugawa Yoshinobu relinquished the office to Emperor Meiji in 1867 as part of the Meiji Restoration. The term shogun (将軍, lit. 'army commander')...
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referred to as Haitai (廃帝), the dethroned emperor. The posthumous name of Emperor Junnin was given by Emperor Meiji a thousand years later. In 757 the Empress...
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modern ambassador). At the time of his activity in Japan, he assisted Emperor Meiji and his government as a councillor in negotiations with Western states...
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Toshiko Higashikuni (category Children of Emperor Meiji)
child and ninth daughter of Emperor Meiji of Japan, and the seventh child and fifth daughter of Sono Sachiko, the Emperor's fifth concubine. Toshiko was...
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visits and enjoy the event. "The Emperor's Birthday (Tenchōsetsu)" (天長節) (lyrics Mayori Kurokawa, composer Yoshisa Oku): Meiji 26 years (1893 was enacted)...
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Prince Kuni Asahiko (category People of Meiji-period Japan)
role in the Meiji Restoration. Prince Asahiko was an adopted son of Emperor Ninkō and later a close advisor to Emperor Kōmei and Emperor Meiji. He was the...
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