Ruler · Age of revolutions and empire · Japan
Meiji
1852–1912
Emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, born Mutsuhito in 1852, in whose name Japan was transformed from a feudal state into a modern power. The Meiji Restoration abolished the shogunate, built railways, schools and a conscript army, and wrote a constitution. Japan defeated China in 1895 and Russia in 1905 under his reign.
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- Born
- 1852, Kyoto.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Meiji
- Died
- 1912, Tokyo.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Meiji
- Reign
- 1867 to 1912.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Meiji
- Realm
- Japan.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Meiji
- Known for
- The Meiji Restoration and Japan's modernization.
- Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Meiji
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