It assumes prior study of the transition from the Tokugawa (Edo) era to the Meiji era, including: Commodore Perry’s arrival and resulting treaty, 1853-1854. Unequal treaties of 1858 with the United ...

From the 1870s through the 1920s, Japan underwent rapid and widespread modernization and nation-building. In the Meiji period, Japanese leaders looked to European models of constitutional monarchy, ...

More than 80 per cent belong to individuals who died in the Meiji era. The oldest identifiable grave of a Japanese man from that period belongs to a student called Onsaku Yukawa, who was ...

Randoseru, the traditional Japanese school bag, dates back to the Meiji era and symbolizes discipline and educational growth.For Japanese kids, the ra ...

Up until the mid-Meiji Era (1868-1912), all children’s songs were written in a formal style, making them difficult to sing. Wondering how to make them easier and more fun, Kume Higashi (1877 ...

The Meiji Shrine is a Shinto (Japan's original religion) shrine dedicated to Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken. Japanese history credits Meiji for modernizing Japan by incorporating Western ...

British diplomat and Japanologist Ernest Satow (1843-1929) climbed Mount Fuji in the summer during the Meiji Era (1868-1912) and was completely taken with the view from the summit. Satow extolled ...