Emperor Meiji

Emperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912

Japanese era from October 1868 to July 1912

Japanese order

Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan

Japanese general (1849-1912)

Japanese empress (1849-1914)

first constitution of modern Japan, promulgated 1868

national holiday in Japan

1890 edict in the Empire of Japan

Japanese concubine (1836-1907)

event on 9 Nov. 1867, in which the Tokugawa shogunate agreed to transfer powers to to the Meiji emperor

1882 Japanese military ethics code

(1867-1947); fifth concubine of Emperor Meiji

museum in Japan

The Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy () was the highest rank of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Imperial Japanese Navy from 1872 to 1945, when the Empire of Japan was dissolved. The rank of dai-gensui was the highest rank in the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces and was held solely by the Emperor of Japan in his capacity as Supreme commander-in-chief. It formally became obsolete in 1945 when the Imperial Japanese military was abolished.

The is a log of fragrant agarwood currently placed in the Shōsōin repository in the Tōdai-ji. The wood was first imported into Japan during the Nara period in the 8th century. It is considered a famous piece of incense wood due to its proximity and circumstance of the spread of Japanese Buddhism. It is claimed to have been placed in the repository by Empress Kōmyō in memory of Emperor Shōmu.

second concubine of Emperor Meiji

first concubine of Emperor Meiji

fourth concubine of Emperor Meiji