✦ History

Meiji Restoration

January 3, 1868

Restoration of imperial rule in Japan under Emperor Meiji that ended the Tokugawa shogunate and began rapid modernisation.

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Battles and events 1

March 1873 – December 1874
Blood tax riots

Key commanders

Emperor Meiji Emperor of Japan, Restored to power as head of the new government Saigō Takamori Satsuma leader, A leading figure of the restoration