(3 November 1852 – 30 July 1912), posthumously honored as Emperor Meiji, was the 122nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession...

practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical...

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...

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...

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...

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...

dictated domestic policy matters. After the Meiji Restoration, which restored direct political power to the emperor for the first time in over a millennium...

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...

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...

of the birthday of the reigning Emperor—at that time, Emperor Meiji (see also The Emperor's Birthday). Following Meiji's death in 1912, November 3 ceased...

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...

decades, beginning in the Meiji era. He styled himself first as Shogun Ashiwara (葦原将軍, Ashiwara Shōgun), then later as Emperor Ashiwara (葦原皇帝, Ashiwara...

officials secured control of the Imperial Court and influenced the young Emperor Meiji. Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the sitting shōgun, realizing the futility of his...

of Emperor Reigen Emperor Kōmei Emperor Taisho Emperor Showa Emperor Kōmei's Benkan Pre-Meiji period ceremonial outfit of civil mandarins Pre-Meiji period...

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...

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...

Forces") 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...

Higashikuni (grandson of Emperor Meiji) and eldest daughter of Emperor Shōwa and Empress Kōjun. She was the eldest sister to Emperor Emeritus Akihito, and...

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...

concluding that Omura is responsible. Katsumoto requests a meeting with Emperor Meiji in Tokyo. He brings Algren, intending to release him. Upon arriving...

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...

missionaries. January 3 – The 15-year-old Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, declares the Meiji Restoration, his own restoration to full power, under...

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...

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)...

claimants were actually the rightful emperors despite the fact that all subsequent emperors including the then-Emperor Meiji were descended from the Northern...

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...

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...

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...

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...

At least one triptych from 12 Meiji (1879) exists signed "Yōshū Naoyoshi" (楊洲直義). The portrait of the Emperor Meiji held by the British Museum is inscribed...