History Education in Early Meiji Japan

Question―In Japan immediately after the Meiji Restoration,when teaching Japanese history to Japanese people,I believe the ...

Susanoo's Survival History: Part 11 - The Meiji Restoration and the Restoration of Susanoo ~What the First Ise Pilgrimage in 1200 Years Signifies~

Satsuma, Choshu, Tosa, and Hizen = The Susanoo NetworkThe Susanoo Network, which had formed powerful distribution and ...
Global Times

On 150th anniversary of Meiji Restoration, Japan has important lessons to learn

The year 2018 marks the 150th anniversary of Meiji Restoration in Japan. Initiated in 1868, Meiji Restoration was a top-down capitalism reform, which not only made Japan the first country in Asia to ...
Phys.org

Out with the old, in with the new? Exploring differences in elite mobility during the Meiji Restoration

Social mobility refers to the movement of individuals from one socio-economic strata to another, followed by a change in their social status. In today's world, social mobility is largely driven by ...
The Atlantic

Japan's Endless Search for Modernity

Since the morning of January 3, 1868, Japan has struggled to answer one question: What does it mean to be modern and Japanese? It was on that date that a group of mid-level samurai and imperial ...
c-span

The Meiji Restoration and Japanese Modernization

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Princeton University History Professor Linda Colley discussed the geopolitical and economic effects of Japanese modernization following the Meiji ...