Meiji period

The Meiji period (明治時代, Meiji-jidai), also known as the Meiji era, was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Keiō and before Taishō. This period started in September 1868 and ended in July 1912.^[1] During this time, the emperor was Meiji-tennō (明治天皇).^[1]

The nengō Meiji means "Enlightened Rule"^[2] or "Enlightened Government".^[1]

Events of the Meiji period

The years in which Meiji was the Japanese monarch comprise this modern period or era.^[3]

1868 (Meiji 1): Meiji Restoration; the capital of Japan moved from Kyoto to Tokyo.^[1]
1889-1890 (Meiji 22-23): Constitution of the Empire of Japan^[1]
1894-1895 (Meiji 27-28): First Sino-Japanese War^[1]
1904-1905 (Meiji 37-38): Russo-Japanese War^[1]
30 July 1912 (Meiji 45, 30th day of the 7th month): Meiji died.^[4]

Politics

1885 (Meiji 18): Ito Hirobumi became 1st Prime Minister^[5]
1888 (Meiji 21): Kuroda Kiyotaka became 2nd Prime Minister^[6]
1889 (Meiji 22): Yamagata Aritomo became 3rd Prime Minister^[7]
1891 (Meiji 24): Matsukata Masayoshi became 4th Prime Minister^[8]
1892 (Meiji 25): Ito became 5th Prime Minister^[9]
1896 (Meiji 29): Matsukata became 6th Prime Minister^[9]
1898 (Meiji 31): Ito became 7th Prime Minister^[9]
1898 (Meiji 31): Ōkuma Shigenobu became 8th Prime Minister^[10]
1898 (Meiji 31): Yamagata became 9th Prime Minister^[9]
1900 (Meiji 33): Ito became 10th Prime Minister^[9]
1901 (Meiji 34): Katsura Tarō became 11th Prime Minister^[11]
1906 (Meiji 39): Saionji Kinmochi became 12th Prime Minister^[12]
1908 (Meiji 41): Katsura became 13th Prime Minister^[9]
1911 (Meiji 44): Saionji became 14th Prime Minister^[9]

Gallery

The 15-year-old Emperor Meiji, moving from Kyoto to Tokyo, end of 1868, after the fall of Edo.
Formal beginning of the Meiji Constitution, 1889. Woodblock print by Toyohara Chikanobu.
One yen coin of 1870 (Meiji 3 明治三年), both sides.
First Meiji one-yen banknote, 1871.

Related pages

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Dean, Meryll. (2002). Japanese Legal System, p. 55.
↑ GlobalSecurity.org, Japanese years. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
↑ Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 1038. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 618. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet (Kantei), "Prime Ministers in History, 1st-30th (1885-1934)". Retrieved 2012-4-29.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.
↑ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 808. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

Other websites

Media related to Meiji era at Wikimedia Commons

National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection

Meiji	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887

Meiji	21st	22nd	23rd	24th	25th	26th	27th	28th	29th	30th	31th	32th	33th	34th	35th	36th	37th	38th	39th	40th
	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907

Meiji	41st	42nd	43rd	44th	45th
	1908	1909	1910	1911	1912

Preceded by:
Keiō

Era or nengō:
Meiji

Succeeded by:
Taishō

[nussbaum624-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 624. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[2] Dean, Meryll. (2002). Japanese Legal System, p. 55.

[3] GlobalSecurity.org, Japanese years. Retrieved 2012-12-15.

[4] Meyer, Eva-Maria (1999). Japans Kaiserhof in der Edo-Zeit: unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Jahre 1846 bis 1867. Lit. p. 186. ISBN 978-3-8258-3939-0.

[5] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[6] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 578. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[7] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 1038. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[8] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 618. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[kantei-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet (Kantei), "Prime Ministers in History, 1st-30th (1885-1934)". Retrieved 2012-4-29.

[10] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 748. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[11] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 494. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

[12] Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric (2002). Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press. p. 808. ISBN 978-0-674-01753-5.

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