Meiji era

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

Emperor of Japan from 1867 until 1912

Japanese era from October 1868 to July 1912

park in Tokyo, Japan

World Heritage Site in Japan

punitive expedition to Formosa (Taiwan), first foreign military campaign after the Meiji Ishin (Meiji Restoration)

1895 invasion of Taiwan by Imperial Japan

Japanese national slogan

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

historical government during Japan's centralization

Japanese reiki practitioner (1880–1940)

right|thumb|350x350px|Horse-drawn streetcars in Ginza, woodblock print by [[Hiroshige III (1882)]]

1872 Japan-Peru diplomatic incident

type of Japanese pottery

steel works as a component of world heritage site in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

large-scale peasant revolt in November 1884 in Chichibu, Saitama, a short distance from Japan's capital. It lasted about two weeks.

Japanese annexation of the Ryukyu Kingdom

Earthquake in Japan

museum in Japan

empire of Japan policy to merge shrines

Events in Japan (1877–1903)

1888 volcanic eruption in present-day Bandai, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

overview of the foreign relations of Meiji Japan

thumb|Ken'yūsha members, 1891