Text: But important though the resuscitated imperial authority undoubtedly was, the real power under the restoration known as Meiji ( Enlightened Rule ) was in the hands of a new generation of forward-looking administrators, who set about abolishing the ancient feudal apparatus in favor of a modern government based on merit rather than ancestry.
Entailment: The real power was in the hands of the administrators.
Contradiction: The administrators held no power, they only possessed guest accounts.