Meiji Restoration

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The Meiji Restoration was the 1868 political revolution in Japan that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and restored imperial rule, rapidly modernizing and industrializing the country.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
period of Japanese history
political revolution
alsoKnownAs Japanese Restoration
linked to: Meiji Restoration

Meiji Ishin
linked to: Meiji Restoration
cause Sonnō jōi movement
anti-shogunate domains’ opposition
internal crisis in the Tokugawa shogunate
pressure from Western powers
unequal treaties imposed on Japan
country Japan
endDate 1889
event Battle of Toba–Fushimi
Boshin War
Charter Oath
abolition of the han system
establishment of prefecture system
promulgation of the Meiji Constitution
followedBy Meiji era
involvedDomain Chōshū Domain
Hizen Domain
Satsuma Domain
linked to: Kagoshima Domain

Tosa Domain
keyFigure Emperor Meiji
Itō Hirobumi
Kido Takayoshi
Saigō Takamori
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
Yamagata Aritomo
Ōkubo Toshimichi
legalInstrument Charter Oath
Meiji Constitution
location Kyoto
Tokyo
namedAfter Emperor Meiji
policy Fukoku kyōhei
bunmei kaika
precededBy Edo period
Tokugawa shogunate
relatedConcept Boshin War
Japanese industrialization
Meiji oligarchy
Tokugawa shogunate
modernization of Japan
result abolition of the Tokugawa shogunate
adoption of Western legal institutions
adoption of Western technology
centralization of political power under the emperor
creation of a modern conscript army
creation of a modern navy
emergence of Japan as a modern nation-state
establishment of a modern education system
rapid industrialization of Japan
rapid modernization of Japan
restoration of imperial rule in Japan
significance laid foundations for Japanese imperial expansion
marked the transition of Japan from feudal society to modern state
transformed Japan into a major world power by early 20th century
startDate 1868
yearOfEvent 1868

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Edo historicalEvent Meiji Restoration
Imperial Diet relatedTo Meiji Restoration
Ōkubo Toshimichi participatedIn Meiji Restoration
Ōkubo Toshimichi movement Meiji reform movement
linked to: Meiji Restoration
Kido Takayoshi politicalMovement Meiji Restoration
Itō Hirobumi participantIn Meiji Restoration
Tokugawa shogunate followedBy Meiji Restoration
Tokugawa shogunate endedBy Meiji Restoration
Boshin War followedBy Meiji Restoration
sankin-kōtai endTime Meiji Restoration
Hagi Rebellion relatedTo Meiji Restoration
Battle of Shiroyama era Meiji Restoration
Saigō Takamori movement Meiji Restoration
睦仁 associatedEvent Meiji Restoration
Charter Oath of 1868 historicalPeriod Meiji Restoration
Charter Oath of 1868 relatedEvent Meiji Restoration
Meiji oligarchy significantEvent Meiji Restoration
Fushimi Momoyama Mausoleum associatedWith Meiji Restoration
Chōshū Domain playedRoleIn Meiji Restoration
kokutai ideology significantEvent Meiji Restoration
Nagaoka Domain endTime Meiji Restoration
Maeda clan disestablishedDuring Meiji Restoration
Chinese republican movement influencedBy Meiji Restoration
Prince Kuni Asahiko associatedWith Meiji Restoration
Emperor Meiji oversaw Meiji Restoration
subject linked to: Sachinomiya
Hundred Days' Reform inspiredBy Meiji Restoration
Yamaguchi Prefecture playedRoleIn Meiji Restoration
subject linked to: Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Noto Province dissolutionContext Meiji Restoration
The Last Samurai setInPeriod Meiji Restoration
Feudal Japan endedWith Meiji Restoration
subject linked to: feudal Japan
Gotō Shōjirō movement Meiji Restoration
subject linked to: Gotō
Kagoshima Domain playedRoleIn Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration alsoKnownAs Meiji Ishin
linked to: Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration alsoKnownAs Japanese Restoration
linked to: Meiji Restoration
Kido Takayoshi movement Meiji Restoration
subject linked to: Kido
桂小五郎 関与した出来事 明治維新
linked to: Meiji Restoration
Chōshū Five associatedWithEvent Meiji Restoration
Satsuma domain school associatedWith Meiji Restoration
sonnō jōi movement significantEvent Meiji Restoration
sonnō jōi movement endCause Meiji Restoration and subsequent modernization
linked to: Meiji Restoration
Kagoshima roleIn Meiji Restoration
subject linked to: Kagoshima, Japan
Shugendō suppressedDuring Meiji Restoration
On the New People influencedBy Meiji Japan reforms
linked to: Meiji Restoration
Iwakura family associatedWithEvent Meiji Restoration
Tokugawa Yoshinobu eventParticipatedIn Meiji Restoration
Battle of Toba–Fushimi historicalPeriod Meiji Restoration
Battle of Aizu partOf Meiji Restoration