Meiji Restoration

The Meiji Restoration (明治維新, Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (御一新, Goisshin), and also known as the Meiji Renovation, Revolution, Regeneration, Reform, or Renewal, was a political event that restored practical imperial rule to Japan in 1868 under Emperor Meiji. Although there were ruling emperors before the Meiji Restoration, the events restored practical abilities and consolidated the political system under the Emperor of Japan. The goals of the restored government were expressed by the new emperor in the Charter Oath.

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Meiji Restoration
Part of the end of Edo period and Boshin War
Emperor Meiji in 1873
Date 3 January 1868 Location Japan Result Overthrow of the Tokugawa Shogunate Beginning of the Meiji era Establishment of the Empire of Japan Formation of an oligarchic government
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Tokugawa shogunate
Commanders and leaders
Emperor Meiji Ōkubo Toshimichi Saigō Takamori Kido Takayoshi	Tokugawa Yoshinobu

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Emperor Meiji moving from Kyoto to Tokyo in late 1868, drawing by a French navy officer published in the Le Monde illustré
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The Restoration led to enormous changes in Japan's political and social structure and spanned both the late Edo period (often called the Bakumatsu) and the beginning of the Meiji era, during which time Japan rapidly industrialized and adopted Western ideas and production methods.