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Date January 3, 1868 - May 3, 1947

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Empire of Japan
Meiji
Perry, Matthew C.; Japan, Empire of
Ii Naosuke
Samurai with sword
Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Ōkubo Toshimichi.
Iwakura Tomomi
Kusakabe Kimbei: Samurai in Armour
Saigō Takamori
Witness the entry of the U.S. into international politics as Theodore Roosevelt successfully ends the Russo-Japanese War of 1905
Investigate devastation wrought by Japan on Manchuria and China during the Great Depression
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Major Events

Harris Treaty
Charter Oath
Charter Oath
Treaty of Kanagawa

Related Places

Japan
Japan
Yasaka Shrine, Kyōto, Japan
Kyōto
Japan
Empire of Japan
Empire of Japan
historic state

Key People

Saigo Takamori
Saigō Takamori
Japanese samurai
Ito Hirobumi
Itō Hirobumi
prime minister of Japan
Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
Tokugawa Yoshinobu
shogun of Japan
Tokugawa Nariaki: calligraphy
Tokugawa Nariaki
Japanese government official
Matthew C. Perry
Matthew C. Perry
United States naval officer
Kido Takayoshi
Japanese statesman
Itagaki Taisuke.
Hakushaku Itagaki Taisuke
Japanese politician
Ōkubo Toshimichi.
Ōkubo Toshimichi
Japanese statesman
Gotō Shōjirō.
Gotō Shōjirō
Japanese political leader