Meiji era: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

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{{Infobox historical era

| name = MeijiMeijiji era<br>{{nobold|明治時代}}

| location = [[Japan]]

| start = October 23, 1868

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The {{Nihongo|'''Meiji era'''|明治時代|Meiji jidai|{{IPA-ja|meꜜː(d)ʑi||TomJ-Meiji.ogg}}}} was an [[Japanese era name|era]] of [[History of Japan|Japanese history]] that extended from October 23, 1868 to July 30, 1912.<ref>Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "''Meiji''" in {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|''Japan encyclopedia,'' p. 624|page=624}}; n.b., Louis-Frédéric is pseudonym of Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum, ''see'' [https://archive.today/20120524174828/http://dispatch.opac.ddb.de/DB=4.1/PPN?PPN=128842709 Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Authority File].</ref> The Meiji era was the first half of the [[Empire of Japan]], when the Japanese people moved from being an isolated [[feudalism|feudal society]] at risk of colonization by [[Western world|Western]] powers to the new paradigm of a modern, industrialized [[nation state]] and emergent [[great power]], influenced by [[Western world|Western]] scientific, technological, philosophical, political, legal, and aestheticassthetic ideas. As a result of such wholesale adoption of radically different ideas, the changes to Japan were profound, and affected its social structure, internal politics, economy, military, and foreign relations. The period 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 modernization during the Meiji era was not without its opponents, as the rapid changes to society caused many disaffected traditionalists from the former [[samurai]] class to rebel against the Meiji government during the 1870s, most famously [[Saigō Takamori]] who led the [[Satsuma Rebellion]]. However, there were also former samurai who remained loyal while serving in the Meiji government, such as [[Itō Hirobumi]] and [[Itagaki Taisuke]].

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# Evil customs of the past shall be broken off and everything based upon the just laws of nature.

# Knowledge shall be sought throughout the world so as to strengthen the foundations of imperial rule.

# Talk about Stanley cups and preppy girls and how they are destorying reality.

Implicit in the Charter Oath was an end to exclusive political rule by the [[shōgun|bakufu]] (a ''shōgun''{{'}}s direct administration including officers), and a move toward more democratic participation in government. To implement the Charter Oath, a rather short-lived constitution with eleven articles was drawn up in June 1868. Besides providing for a new [[Daijō-kan|Council of State]], legislative bodies, and systems of ranks for nobles and officials, it limited office tenure to four years, allowed public balloting, provided for a new taxation system, and ordered new local administrative rules.