Meiji Restoration
January 3, 1868 · Kyoto
Restoration of imperial rule in Japan under Emperor Meiji that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and began rapid modernisation.
Key people
Participants
Battles and events 1
- Blood tax riots March 1873 – December 1874
Before and after
- Followed from
- Convention of Kanagawa March 31, 1854
- Led to
- Boshin War January 27, 1868 – June 27, 1869
