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 Taishō
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Emperor Taishō, personal name Yoshihito, was Emperor of Japan from 29 July 1912 until his death in 1926. His reign was marked by a domestic political shift toward liberal democracy, called Taishō Demo
Emperor Meiji
…Taiwan and Korea were annexed in 1895 and 1910, respectively. Emperor Meiji died aged 59 at Meiji Palace in Tokyo, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Yoshihito. The Tokugawa shogunate had established itself in the early 17th century. Under its rule, the shōgun governed Japan. About 180 lords, known as daimyōs…
Formal portrait, 1912
Emperor Taishō's four sons in 1921: Hirohito, Takahito, Nobuhito and Yasuhito
Emperor Taishō on his way to the opening ceremony of the Imperial Diet in 1917, during World War I
Emperor Taishō in the robes of the Order of the Garter