The Meiji period, which lasted for the life of the Meiji emperor, until 1912, was a period of enormous change in all aspects of Japanese life, from government and international relations to economy, ...

A U.S. researcher of Japanese literature has published two books of “waka” poems composed by the emperor and empress of the Meiji Era (1868-1912) with assistance from his poet wife. It was ...

But at the center of nowadays debate is the modern emperor system established during the Meiji Era (1868-1912), since a lot of its traits survive and remain familiar to us today. It cannot be ...

The Meiji Restoration saw the emperor's power restored ... echoing the duality of the Meiji era's transformation. Yasukuni ...

Meiji Tenno portrays the buildup to the Russo-Japan War. In addition to showing the political events that led to war, it also shows the era from the story of a farm family in rural Japan that ...

If ever a picture was worth a thousand words, it was the image of General MacArthur and Emperor Hirohito standing side by side during their historic first meeting on September 27, 1945. In it, a ...

Continuities in this transition such as: Proto-industrialization in the Tokugawa era sets the stage for Meiji industrial development. The elite samurai remain in leadership, wielding power behind the ...

In January 1904, the situation between Japan and Russia had grown tense. The Emperor Meiji is deeply concerned, for Russia has started to build an invincible fortress at Port Arthur, and the ...