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History Meiji Restoration
Meiji Restoration – The 1867 restoration of the Emperor to being the true ruler of the country, in practice as well as the name and the downfall of the last shogunate. The Meiji Restoration (明治維新, Meiji Ishin), referred to at the time as the Honorable Restoration (御一新, Goisshin), and also... -
Travel Sogakudo Concert Hall
Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) is the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. It is located in Taitō Ward, Tōkyō, and was constructed in 1890 as an auditorium for the Tokyo Music School, the predecessor of the Tokyo University of the Arts (東京藝術大学 Tōkyō Geijutsu Daigaku) or Geidai (芸大)... -
Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Sogakudo Concert Hall
The Sōgakudō Concert Hall (奏楽堂) in Ueno, the oldest Western-style concert hall in Japan. Constructed in 1890.- JREF
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Biographies Shibusawa Eichii
The Father of Japanese CapitalismEntrepreneur and business leader during the Meiji and Taishō periods Shibusawa Eichii (渋沢 栄一, 1840-1931) was born in the village of Chiaraijima in modern-day Saitama Prefecture. Although Shibusawa's family were small farmers with only a few hectares of land his... -
Religion Shinbutsu bunri - the separation of Shinto and Buddhism
Historically, the term "shinbutsu bunri" (神仏分離) refers to the policy of the Meiji government (1868-1912) of separating Shintō and Buddhism to re-establish the divine status of the emperor as prescribed by Shintō belief. Some members of the Meiji government were influenced by kokugaku (国学), a...- JREF
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History Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914
Early Japanese Railways 1853-1914 is a cultural and engineering history of railway building in Japan during the Meiji era. The importance of early railways in the industrialization of the United States and Europe is a fact all of us are familiar with. To witness the amazing parallel development... -
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Books covering Meiji history of Kyushu?
I've had nothing but good replies on this forum so far, so figured I'd come to youse again with another question. :) Could anyone recommend some books (in English) that deal with the history of Kyushu over the course of the Meiji period? I'm particularly interested in it's history around the...- Hama
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Question about Meiji maritime history
Hello everyone! I'm sorry if this question is too specific, my mates who are in to history don't know much about this particular topic so I thought I'd ask a bit online, and this site looks like a friendly discussion place. :) I'm just curious to know if there were examples, or even if it would...- Hama
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi, the great Japanese educator and modernizer (ca. 1887)- JREF
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi with the daughter of the photographer; San Francisco 1860.- JREF
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Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi, Japan's great educator and moderniser; picture taken in Paris in 1862.- JREF
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10,000-yen note
A Japanese 10,000-yen note displaying Fukuzawa Yukichi, Japan's great educator, writer, and modernizer- JREF
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Biographies Fukuzawa Yukichi
Fukuzawa Yukichi (福澤諭吉, 1835-1901) was a prominent educator, writer, and propagator of Western knowledge during the Meiji Period (1868-1912), founder of Keio Gijuku (慶應義塾, a private college, later Keio University), of Japan's first daily newspaper Jiji Shinpō (時事新報), and introduced the art of... -
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Translation needed (Wikipedia graphic Meiji constitution)
Hello I was looking for schematics about the political system during the Meiji restoration. The only good one I found is the one on the Japanese Wikipedia-site. There is just one problem: I am from Switzerland and I am totally struggling with the translation. Due to the fact that I am very...- Alain
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