Keiō

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Keiō was the final Japanese era of the Edo period, spanning the turbulent years leading up to the Meiji Restoration.

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Keiō canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese era ⓘ
nengō ⓘ
associatedShogun Tokugawa Iemochi ⓘ
Tokugawa Yoshinobu ⓘ
calendarSystem Japanese lunisolar calendar ⓘ
capital Edo ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
endYear 1868 ⓘ
eraChangeReason political instability and need to mark a new beginning ⓘ
eraNumber 136 ⓘ
finalEraOf Edo period ⓘ
follows Genji ⓘ
historicalSignificance era immediately preceding Japan’s rapid modernization in Meiji period ⓘ
last era name used under the Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
languageOfName Classical Japanese ⓘ
namedAfter Keiō (era name meaning “Jubilant Answer” or “Auspicious Response”) ⓘ
notableEvent Boshin War ⓘ
Meiji Restoration ⓘ
Satsuma–Chōshū Alliance ⓘ
linked to: Satchō Alliance

Second Chōshū expedition ⓘ
Taisei Hōkan (restoration of political authority to the Emperor) ⓘ
linked to: Meiji Restoration

accession of Emperor Meiji ⓘ
death of Emperor Kōmei ⓘ
period Edo period ⓘ
politicalContext decline of Tokugawa shogunate ⓘ
rise of imperial loyalist domains ⓘ
precedes Meiji ⓘ
linked to: Meiji era
region Japanese archipelago ⓘ
reigningEmperor Emperor Kōmei ⓘ
Emperor Meiji ⓘ
startYear 1865 ⓘ
writingSystemOfName kanji ⓘ

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