Emperor Meiji: Opening Japan to Keep Japan Standing Japan was having its growing on reestablishing order in social, political international affairs after a century of warfare from 1603 to 1867, which is the Tokugawa Period. But its growing increased weaker in the 1900s, which open a new Japan under Emperor Meiji’s rule. Who is Emperor Meiji? Emperor Meiji, or was known by Meiji the Great, was born on November 3, 1852 and died on July 30, 1912. He is the 122nd emperor of Japan and also made a very huge change in Japan society and modernization of Japan. Meiji was also known for his great Meiji Restoration, which is the Japanese political revolution in 1868, when he reigned in the age of 16. Meiji also supported the agreement among the Japanese …show more content…
In a wider context, however, the Meiji Restoration of 1868 came to be identified with the subsequent era of major political, economic, and social change—the Meiji period (1868–1912)—that brought about the modernization and Westernization of the country.”(Meiji Restoration, n.d). Meiji Restoration really gave Japan today. The Meiji period really started when people started to combining the technologies of Western with the customs of Japan. Japan had to model their society on Western practices while maintaining their identity. Four main aspects of the Japanese people’ worldview had changed including political structure, economy, social systems, and …show more content…
The Emperor had unlimited power. The House of Peers and the Lower House had limited freedom of speech, religion, and association. Economy: many factories was made for military purposes, daily needed stuff, and chemical factories. The businesses was given the private companies to reduce competition and to help Japanese economy. “Economic reforms included a unified modern currency based on the yen, banking, commercial and tax laws, stock exchanges, and a communications network. Establishment of a modern institutional framework conducive to an advanced capitalist economy took time, but was completed by the 1890s. By this time, the government had largely relinquished direct control of the modernization process, primarily for budgetary reasons.” (Meiji Restoration, n.d, para. 12) Political structure: Japan had changed from a country of feudalism to a country of capitalism, making Japan one of the great powers in the world. Culture: Japan government wanted to make Shintoism the national religion but Buddhism was practiced like the real national