The Meiji Era

Japan's breakneck modernization after the fall of the shogunate.

Specifications & Metrics

era

1868 – 1912

Core Principles & Analysis

• The Meiji Restoration restored imperial rule and ended the Tokugawa shogunate.
• Japan industrialized, drafted a constitution, and built a modern navy within decades.
• The era's reforms made Japan the first non-Western industrial power.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Meiji (era)