The Meiji era (明治時代, Meiji jidai, Japanese pronunciation: [meꜜː (d)ʑi]) is an era of Japanese history that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912. [1] The Meiji era was the first half of the Empire of Japan, when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated feudal …

Meiji Restoration, in Japanese history, the political revolution in 1868 that brought about the final demise of the Tokugawa shogunate (military government)—thus ending the Edo (Tokugawa) …

Updated on March 10, 2019. The Meiji Era was the 44-year period of Japan's history from 1868 to 1912 when the country was under the rule of the great Emperor Mutsuhito. Also called the Meiji …

Meiji Period (1868 - 1912) In 1867/68, the Tokugawa era found an end in the Meiji Restoration. The emperor Meiji was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo which became the new capital; his imperial …

During the Meiji Period, which ended with the emperor’s death in 1912, the country experienced significant social, political and economic change–including the abolition of the feudal system …

The Meiji Restoration (明治維新, Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (御一新, Goisshin), and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, …

Meiji, in full Meiji Tennō, personal name Mutsuhito, (born Nov. 3, 1852, Kyōto—died July 30, 1912, Tokyo), emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, during whose reign Japan was dramatically …

The Meiji period is a golden era for Japan when the era ended; Japan had high centralized bureaucratic government, a well-established industrial sector, a powerful army, effective …

On July 30, 1912 Emperor Mutsuhito, posthumously named Emperor Meiji, died. Emperor Meiji was the 122nd emperor of Japan and reigned from February 3, 1867 until July 30th, 1912.

The reign of Emperor Meiji and the beginning of Japan's modern period. It started on October 23, 1868, when the 16-year-old emperor Mutsuhito selected the era name "Meiji" ("enlightened …