The Historytime

3.26 Military Culture in Meiji Japan

The foundation of the fanatically loyal forces of World War II era Japan are created by...

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3.25 Education in Meiji Japan

The Meiji government appoints Mori Arinori, possibly the most influential Minister of Education...

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3.24 The Founding of the Empire of Japan

The government cracks down on liberal movements and moves swiftly and secretly to write the new...

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3.23 The Birth of Freedom

A new age dawns in Japan as the junior oligarchs achieve primacy. However, the call for freedom...

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3.22 The Three Great Nobles

The fall of the samurai coincides with the deaths of its last great warriors. The following is...

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3.21 Fall of the Samurai

Night falls and the samurai is no more. The following is a list of some of the Japanese names...

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3.20 The Southwestern War

After the small failed rebellions of 1876, a storm brews in Satsuma and breaks forth as one of...

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3.19 Twilight of the Samurai

The reduction of samurai privileges galvanizes the warriors to rebel against the government on...

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3.18 The Beginning of the End

Samurai stipends are replaced with government bonds forcing many into poverty. They will not...

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3.17 The Korean Crisis

Not all is well at home while the Iwakura Mission travels the world, as the caretaker...

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3.16 The Iwakura Mission

On the reconciliation efforts by the Meiji regime towards pro-shogunate officials and the...

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3.15 The Domains Abolished

The new regime carries out its plans to abolish the domains thereby upturning centuries of...

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3.14 The Domains Defeated

The Meiji regime, in its drive to secure complete power in Japan, strikes at its greatest...

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3.13 The Charter Oath

We go back to the aftermath of the Battle of Toba Fushimi to cover the process by which Japan's...

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3.12 The Boshin War Ends

The last of the shogunate loyalists in the north are crushed and Japan enters a new age. The...

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3.11 The Shogun's Surrender

The imperial army continues its triumphant march to Edo and engages in a series of fateful...

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3.10 The Fall of Osaka

The armies of the shogun confront the forces of the emperor and the two fight for the fate of...

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3.9 The Emperor Restored

Months of careful planning culminate in a coup d'etat to depose the shogun and restore the...

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3.8 The Calm before the Storm

The new shogun begins a series of much needed reforms and his enemies formulate their strategy...

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3.7 The Last Shogun

After the relative peace since the fall of the ishin shishi, political and economic turmoil...

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