(1868–1912). Meiji, which means "enlightened rule," is the name officially bestowed upon the reign of the sixteen-year-old emperor, Mutsuhito (1852–1912), on 8 September 1868. It is customary, however, to date the Meiji...

The Meiji period (明治時代, Meiji-jidai?), or Meiji era, denotes the 45-year reign of Emperor Meiji, running, in the Gregorian calendar, from 23 October 1868 to 30 July 1912. During this time, Japan started its modernization and rose to world power...

JAPAN'S EMERGENCE AS A MODERN STATE: Political and Economic Problems of the Meiji Period. By E. Herbert Norman. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press. 2000. Xxxiv, 302 pp. US$5.00, cloth, ISBN 0-7748-0822; US$25.95, paper, ISBN 0-7748-0823-3. This volume is a re-issue of...

The creation of a national and modern Japanese architecture is attributed to the collaboration among Japanese architects and carpenters during the Meiji regime. Rivals at first, the architects and carpenters acquired each others' expertise leading to the development of the 'kaitaishuri,' a restoration method,...