Emperor Meiji
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Emperor Meiji; 3 November 1852 – 29 July 1912 was Emperor of Japan from 30 January 1867 until his death in 1912. The Meiji Restoration proclaimed the Empire of Japan in 1868, beginning the Meiji era.
Photograph by Uchida Kuichi, 1873
Mutsuhito's mother, Nakayama Yoshiko
Emperor Meiji wearing the sokutai, 1872
Emperor Meiji wearing konoshi (小直衣), 1872
Emperor Kōmei
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Emperor Kōmei was the 121st emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Kōmei's reign spanned the years from 1846 through 1867, corresponding to the final years of the Edo peri
Emperor Meiji
…The opening of Japan to the West from 1854 fueled domestic demands for modernization, and when Mutsuhito became emperor after the death of his father Emperor Kōmei in 1867, it triggered the Boshin War, in which samurai (mostly from the Chōshū and Satsuma Domains) defeated the shogunate and restored power in his…
The Imperial crown of Japanese Emperor Kōmei
Genpuku (元服) ceremony of crown prince Osahito (right) at the Shishinden, Emperor Ninkō on throne (left) in 1st year of Kōka (1845).
Emperor Komei receives court officials at the Seiryōden.