Visual Answer: Teacher identifies one side of the room as “Yes, modernization was the dominant feature of daily life in the Meiji period” and the other side as “No, modernization was not the dominant ...

In 1868 the Tokugawa shōgun ("great general"), who ruled Japan in the feudal period, lost his power and the emperor was restored to the supreme position. The emperor took the name Meiji ("enlightened ...

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, ...

A century and a half after the Meiji Period (1868-1912) began, we wondered what value the period had for Japan, and whether the path the country took as a result had meaning. We asked political ...

The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary since the Meiji Period began. Countless government offices, local community organizations and businesses throughout Japan are working on “Meiji 150th” ...

In the Edo Period (1603-1867), the average height for ... but they were forced to close down in the early Meiji Era. With the ban on meat consumption officially lifted, sukiyaki with beef took ...

Asia Society presents a fresh look at the art of Japan’s Meiji era (1868-1912), a period of unprecedented cultural and technological transition, in the landmark exhibition Meiji Modern: Fifty Years of ...