Bakumatsu

reform restoring the imperial rule in Japan in the last third of the 19th century

thumb|right|300px|Odaiba as seen from the Rainbow Bridge (Tokyo)|Rainbow Bridge in 2025 is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. Odaiba was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s. The land was dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and was redeveloped in the 1990s into a major commercial, residential and leisure area. Odaiba, along with Minato Mirai 21 in Yokohama, is one of the few manmade seashores in Tokyo Bay where the waterfront is accessible and not blocked by industry and harbor areas

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were the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate ended. Between 1853 and 1867, under foreign diplomatic and military pressure, Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as and changed from a feudal Tokugawa shogunate to the modern empire of the Meiji government. The major ideological-political divide during this period was between the pro-imperial nationalists called and the shogunate forces, which included the elite swordsmen.

World Heritage Site in Japan

treaty between the Russian Empire, and the Empire of Japan (Tokugawa shogunate)

19th-century American diplomatic and military expedition to Japan

1863 battle between Britain and the Satsuma Domain

1860 assassination of Japanese Chief Minister (Tairō) Ii Naosuke

samurai assault on British people in Japan on September 14, 1862

1858-60 removal of internal opposition in Tokugawa Japan

1864 rebellion against the Tokugawa shogunate

xenophobic protectionist policy in Tokugawa Japan

1858 series of Japanese treaties

first treaty between the UK and Japan

carnivalesque celebrations, communal activities, and protests in Japan in 1867–68

rebellion against the Shogunate 1864-65

1868 killing of French sailors in Japan

a series of three major earthquakes that struck Japan during the Ansei era (1854–1860)

political organization in 19th century Japan

special area designated by Japanese government from 1858 to 1899

UNESCO World Heritage Site in Shizuoka, Japan

Japanese star-fort style castle in Saku, Nagano prefecture, Japan

the movement to overthrow the bakufu

Japanese naval training institute