Meiji Restoration
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The Meiji Restoration, referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration, was a political event that restored imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji and led to the westernisation of Jap
Portrait of Emperor Meiji in 1880
A Japanese print depicting the arrival of Perry's fleet (1854)
Arimura Jisaemon preparing to decapitate Ii Naosuke (1860)
Japanese print by Utagawa Kuniteru III depicting "Takeda Kōunsai at Mt. Tsukuba" under the banner of sonnō jōi.
Tokugawa shogunate
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The Tokugawa shogunate, also known as the Edo shogunate, was the military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1603 to 1868.
Meiji Restoration
…and adopted Western ideas, production methods and technology. The origins of the Restoration lay in economic and political difficulties faced by the Tokugawa shogunate. These problems were compounded by the encroachment of foreign powers in the region which challenged the Tokugawa policy of sakoku, specifically the…
Samurai of the Shimazu clan
Edo Castle, 17th century
An ukiyo-e by Yoshitoshi depicting the scene when Ieyasu had an audience with Emperor Go-Yōzei
Dutch trading post in Dejima, c. 1805