Meiji

Somehow, I thought, it all goes back to those trusty daikon ashi, which served millions of peasants well back in Meiji Japan.

THREE DEGREES OF SEPARATION: The Last Days of Daikon Ashi 2006

Somehow, I thought, it all goes back to those trusty daikon ashi, which served millions of peasants well back in Meiji Japan.

September 2006 2006

Meiji was fated to be surrounded by enlightened and farsighted advisers including notably Iwakura Tomomi in Meiji’s early life and Ito Hirobumi in Meiji’s later life.

Vitro Nasu » 2006 » June 2006

Meiji was fated to be surrounded by enlightened and farsighted advisers including notably Iwakura Tomomi in Meiji’s early life and Ito Hirobumi in Meiji’s later life.

Enigmatic Emperor 2006

The name Meiji came to be interpreted as meaning “enlightened rule”.

Vitro Nasu » 2006 » June 2006

For the first time in Chinese or Japanese history the reign name Meiji applied to his entire life and was not changed at his death.

Enigmatic Emperor 2006

The name Meiji came to be interpreted as meaning “enlightened rule”.

Enigmatic Emperor 2006

For the first time in Chinese or Japanese history the reign name Meiji applied to his entire life and was not changed at his death.

Vitro Nasu » 2006 » June 2006

The dawn of what's known as the Meiji era was a time of change as Japan emerged from 200 years of self-imposed isolation and began to shed some of its traditions.

THE NEWS BLOG 2004

On March 14 of the lunar calendar in the year 1868 of the Christian era* the late Emperor, whom we would like to be known by his posthumous name Meiji Tenno, took the following oath at the sanctuary dedicated to the worship of his Imperial ancestors: **

The Growth of Representative Government in Japan 1918