Meiji period

The , also known as the Meiji era, was a  after Keiō and before Taishō. This period started in September 1868 and ended in July 1912.  During this time, the emperor was .

The nengō Meiji means "Enlightened Rule"Dean, Meryll. (2002). Japanese Legal System, p. 55. or "Enlightened Government".

Events of the Meiji period
The years in which Meiji was the Japanese monarch comprise this modern period or era. GlobalSecurity.org, Japanese years. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
 1868 (Meiji 1): Meiji Restoration; the capital of Japan moved from Kyoto to Tokyo.
 1889-1890 (Meiji 22-23): Constitution of the Empire of Japan
 1894-1895 (Meiji 27-28): First Sino-Japanese War
 1904-1905 (Meiji 37-38): Russo-Japanese War
 30 July 1912 (Meiji 45, 30th day of the 7th month): Meiji died.

Politics
 1885 (Meiji 18): Ito Hirobumi became 1st Prime Minister
 1888 (Meiji 21): Kuroda Kiyotaka became 2nd Prime Minister
 1889 (Meiji 22): Yamagata Aritomo became 3rd Prime Minister
 1891 (Meiji 24): Matsukata Masayoshi became 4th Prime Minister
 1892 (Meiji 25): Ito became 5th Prime Minister Prime Minister of Japan and Cabinet (Kantei),   "Prime Ministers in History, 1st-30th (1885-1934)". Retrieved 2012-4-29.
 1896 (Meiji 29): Matsukata became 6th Prime Minister
 1898 (Meiji 31): Ito became 7th Prime Minister
 1898 (Meiji 31): Ōkuma Shigenobu became 8th Prime Minister
 1898 (Meiji 31): Yamagata became 9th Prime Minister
 1900 (Meiji 33): Ito became 10th Prime Minister
 1901 (Meiji 34): Katsura Tarō became 11th Prime Minister
 1906 (Meiji 39): Saionji Kinmochi became 12th Prime Minister
 1908 (Meiji 41): Katsura became 13th Prime Minister
 1911 (Meiji 44): Saionji became 14th Prime Minister

Gallery

 Related pages 
 List of emperors of Japan
 Japanese era name

 References 

 Other websites 

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

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