Meiji Restoration

Cultural  

1. A turning point in Japanese history in 1868 when the last shogun was overthrown and the emperor assumed direct control over the nation. The following Meiji Period (1868–1912) was marked by Japan's opening to the West and the establishment of a strong centralized government.

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Example Sentences

Twice before in modern history—the Meiji Restoration in 1868 and again the long boom after World War II—Japan has achieved rapid transformations and almost-miraculous levels of growth.

From The Wall Street Journal

But the Meiji restoration, as it's known, was no storming of the Bastille.

From BBC

The truth is that Japan and the West have been busily emulating and exoticizing each other at least since the 1868 Meiji Restoration.

From New York Times

More than a century old, the tree was an exemplar of the Imperial style, a type of bonsai developed for shoguns and feudal lords and named after the Imperial court during the 19th-century Meiji Restoration, an era of cultural transformation that arose following the country’s 214-year-long period of isolation.

From New York Times

After the Meiji Restoration in 1863, the samurai as a class were destroyed and aristocratic fashion shifted to Western styles.

From Slate