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	Meiji Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Emperor Meiji was the surviving son of the Emperor Kōmei by the lady-in-waiting Nakayama Yoshiko (1834–1907), the daughter of Lord Nakayama Tadayasu, sometime minister of the left (sadaijin) and a scion of the Fujiwara.
		Meiji, if nothing else, showed greater political longevity than his recent predecessors, as he was the first Japanese monarch to remain on the throne past the age of 50 since the abdication of Emperor Ogimachi in 1586.
		The Meiji Restoration is a source of pride for the Japanese, as it and the accompanying industrialization allowed Japan to become the preeminent power in the Pacific Ocean and a major player in the world within a generation.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Emperor_Meiji (953 words)

	Emperor Meiji
		Emperor Meiji, formerly known as Prince Mutsuhito, was born on November 3rd, 1852 to Emperor Komei and Nakayama Yoshiko, a lady-in-waiting, as the 122nd emperor of Japan.
		Meiji studied under his father, and to some was known as the “Sage of Poetry.” He is thought to have written anywhere from 90,000 – 100,000 poems in his lifetime of which only five hundred were published.
		Emperor Meiji died in 1912 and was buried in the Graveyard (Fushimi Momoyama Ryo) in Kyoto.
	www.hyperhistory.net /apwh/bios/b3meiji.htm (717 words)

	Meiji Restoration - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Meiji Restoration (Japanese: 明治維新, Meiji-ishin), also known as the Meiji Ishin, Revolution or Renewal, was a chain of events that led to a change in Japan's political and social structure.
		The leaders of the Meiji Restoration, as this revolution came to be known, claimed that their actions restored the emperor's powers.
		The Meiji Revolution can be seen as a catalyst towards industrialization in Japan that led to the rise of the island nation as a world power by 1918, under the slogan of "National Wealth and Military Strength".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meiji_Restoration (532 words)

	Meiji Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Enacted as part of the Meiji Renewal, it provided for a form of constitutional monarchy based on the Prussian model in which the Emperor of Japan was an active ruler and wielded considerable political power, but shared this with an elected diet.
		The new constitution was adopted as part of the Meiji Renewal, a period of sweeping political and social reform aimed at modernising Japan so that she might reach a par with the nations of the Western world.
		Unlike its modern successor, the Meiji Constitution was founded on the principle that sovereignty resided in the emperor, by virtue of his divine ancestry "unbroken for ages eternal", rather than the ordinary people.
	www.eastcleveland.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Meiji_Constitution (1260 words)

	Meiji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Meiji Restoration, the revolution that ushered in the Meiji Era
		Meiji Mura - open-air architectural museum in near Nagoya.
		Meiji Seika - A major confectionery firm in Japan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Meiji (155 words)

	Tokugawa Period’s Influence on Meiji Restoration
		The Meiji period (1868-1912) brought about the rapid modernization of Japanese economic, political, and social institutions, which resulted in Japan's attaining the status of the leading country in Asia and a world economic and political power.
		During the first half of the Meiji period, from 1868 to 1890, the Meiji oligarchs instituted numerous reforms to achieve domestic stability, promote industrialization, improve education, and establish an effective government structure, including the promulgation of a constitution in 1889.
		Even though the Meiji oligarchs came from the samurai class, some samurai were not ready to surrender their privileged status in the Tokugawa class structure without a struggle.
	wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu /papers/jhist1.htm (1491 words)

	Japanese history: Meiji Period
		The emperor Meiji was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo which became the new capital; his imperial power was restored.
		A parliament, the Diet was established while the emperor kept sovereignty: he stood at the top of the army, navy, executive and legislative power.
		In 1912 emperor Meiji died, and the era of the ruling clique of elder statesmen (genro) was about to end.
	www.japan-guide.com /e/e2130.html (692 words)

	Meiji on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This was the Meiji restoration, a pivotal event in the modern history of Japan, for it meant the downfall of Japanese feudalism and the forging of a new and modern state.
		Emperor Meiji himself had little political power, but he was a paramount symbol of the unity of Japan.
		At the Meiji shrine a broom and his bride, wearing traditional kimonos, have their photo taken after a Shinto ceremony.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MeijiE1mp.asp (773 words)

	Meiji Restoration Information - TextSheet.com
		The Meiji Restoration (明治維新; Meiji Ishin) describes a chain of events that led to a change in Japan's political and social structure; it occurred from 1866 to 1869, a period of 4 years that transverses both the late Edo (often called Late Tokugawa shogunate) and beginning of the Meiji Era.
		The Tokugawa bakufu came to an official end on November 9th, 1867 with the resignation of the 15th Tokugawa Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu and the "restoration" (Taisei Houkan) of imperial rule.
		Shortly thereafter in January 1868, the Boshin War (War of the Year of the Dragon) started with the Battle of Toba Fushimi in which the new government's army, led by the forces from Choshu and Satsuma defeated the shogun's army.
	www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/m/me/meiji_restoration.html (383 words)

	Business Wire: A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Meiji Life Insuranc... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Meiji Life gains considerable strategic benefits from its affiliation with the Mitsubishi Group--one of the most prominent industrial organizations in Japan.
		Meiji has established close business ties with some of Mitsubishi's largest employer groups in the country, resulting in extremely strong persistency of business.
		Meiji Life maintains a high-quality investment portfolio, consisting primarily of fixed-income securities and corporate loans.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:67523256&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (538 words)

	Rurouni Kenshin
		In one of the early episodes, the Meiji police warn Kenshin that it is illegal for him to carry a sword.
		The politics of the Meiji Restoration are felt in Kenshin, but serve as background rather than as the main story.
		Yet for a while he is plagued both by those who would have him join the Meiji government and by those who would exact their revenge for his past actions.
	www.ex.org /4.1/05-feature_ruroken2.html (991 words)

	AllRefer.com - Meiji restoration (Japanese History) - Encyclopedia
		Meiji restoration, The term refers to both the events of 1868 that led to the "restoration" of power to the emperor and the entire period of revolutionary changes that coincided with the Meiji emperor's reign (1868–1912).
		The new Meiji government moved quickly to discard the feudal system and launch a series of reforms that profoundly changed Japanese society.
		In the late Meiji years, Japan won the Sino–Japanese war in 1895, defeated Russia in 1905, abolished the treaties with the West, and became a world power.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/M/Meijires.html (456 words)

	Meiji Modernization (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Meiji leaders were well aware of the fate of Japan's immediate neighbour, China, where resistance to change only brought humiliation and defeat.
		As the Meiji government had a strong and modern economy to rely on, the scope of government power was enlarged, its efficiency increased.
		On contact with the West, the Meiji leaders were convinced that a constitution would broaden the base of popular support for the government.
	www.thecorner.org /hists/japan/meiji2.htm (8790 words)

	Long Island University - Japan - Meiji Gakuin University - Introduction
		Meiji Gakuin University, which had a long-standing sister relationship with Long Island University, is widely acknowledged as one of the oldest Christian schools in Japan.
		The name Meiji Gakuin was first used in 1886 when Union Theological School and Union College, joint projects of the Presbyterian and Reformed Church Missions of the United States, united with a Japanese-English Preparatory School and settled on the present campus site at Shirokanedai.
		Today Meiji Gakuin University has a Faculty of General Education, a Faculty of Literature with departments of English Literature and French Literature, a Faculty of Economics with departments of Economics and Commerce, a Faculty of Sociology with departments of Sociology and Social Work, and a Faculty of Law.
	www.liunet.edu /but04/japan/meiji/intro.html (827 words)

	meiji
		Meiji meant " Enlightened"; the fundamental emphasis of the Meiji period was the fact that Japanese leaders stopped the futile attempts to lash out at the intrusive Western presence.
		One of the areas where the impact of the Meiji period clearly changed Japan was in the realm of politics.
		Meiji planners structured the organization, hierarchy, discipline and military law of this new massive army on the model borrowed from what was then considered the most effective land force in Europe - the Prussian (later German) army.
	www.hcc.hawaii.edu /distance/hist/meiji.htm (2165 words)

	WP - Meiji
		Meiji made it out of the Redrock Valley before her fear of open spaces completely paralyzed her, and was eventually found by a wandering band of elves whose own tribe lived on the plains far to the west of the Tower.
		Meiji's discovery that she was pregnant a second time forced a resolution in their relationship; she and Vaynyar lovemate in TWR 1273.
		Meiji is quite intelligent, but she prefers to rely on emotion and intuition to guide her, with the result that when she does switch over to intellectual mode people are very often taken by surprise.
	towermountain.net /meiji.htm (1306 words)

	Meiji -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		in full Meiji Tenno, personal name Mutsuhito emperor of Japan from 1867 to 1912, during whose reign Japan was dramatically transformed from a feudal country into one of the great powers of the modern world.
		By the middle of the Meiji period it had returned to the highest Edo figure, and by the end of the reign it had passed two million.
		When the emperor Meiji Tenno was crowned in 1868, the last shogunate—that of the Tokugawas—ended, and Japan began its radical transformation from a feudal society into one of the most powerful nations in the modern world.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9051826&query=meiji (829 words)

	Meiji Shrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The central temple where the Meiji emperor is enshrined.
		Meiji Jingu (明治神宮), located in Tokyo, Japan near Harajuku Station is the Shinto shrine dedicated to the souls of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shoken.
		Emperor Meiji passed away in 1912 and Empress Shoken in 1914.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Meiji_Shrine (274 words)

	Meiji Nationalism
		Kiyochika, for example, was the most popular and prolific designer of prints of the Sino-Japanese War (1894-95), which typically depicted the Chinese enemy as a primitive and colorful horde, and the outnumbered Japanese as solemn, fearless heroes who broke through their ranks regardless.
		War prints, like those of historical warriors in Meiji, were an open affirmation of the greatness of the nation, but superior to warrior prints in depicting present and immediate heroes, the Japanese (of any class) who had excelled just days before on the battlefield.
		Albums of prints assembled by their owners and surviving from the Meiji Period show that the audience for these different genres of prints was not necessarily divided, but that the same gatherer might display a kabuki actor on one page, a print of the emperor on the next, and a war scene later on.
	www.artelino.com /articles/meiji_nationalism.asp (877 words)

	Articles on Art
		The period from 1868 until 1912 in Japan is called the Meiji era - after the name chosen by the young prince Mutsuhito, when he followed his father to the throne.
		During the Meiji period Japan underwent a stunning development from a medieval society to a leading economic and military power in Asia.
		Prints made in lithograph technique were rather popular during the Meiji period.
	www.artelino.com /forum/articles.asp?mey=13 (506 words)

	Emperor Meiji
		One statesman of the Meiji government, Ito Hirobumi, became a major driving force in the Westernization of Japan.
		He was a man of humble origins, but became the most influential person of the Meiji until his assassination in 1909.
		After the proclamation of the Meiji restoration, prints depicting scenes from the imperial court and images showing the fast industrial development of Japan became popular.
	www.artelino.com /articles/emperor_meiji.asp (1300 words)

	Free Essay Role of Japanese Emperor in Meiji Restoration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Meiji leaders used the symbolism of the Emperor to add legitimacy to their government, by claiming that they were ruling under the "Imperial Will." They also used Confucianism to maintain order and force the Japanese people to passively accept their rule.
		The Meiji Emperor did not even come to cabinet meetings because his advisors told him if the cabinet made a decision that was different then the one he wanted then that would create dissension and would destroy the idea of the Imperial Institution.
		The Meiji Emperor although he had supreme power as accorded in the constitution never actually made decisions but was instead a pawn of the Meiji Genro who claimed to carry out his Imperial Will.
	mail.echeat.com /essay.php?t=25694 (1933 words)

	MEIJI
		Several entries in 1868 reveal an unusually close relationship between Kido (1833-1877), the Meiji statesman from Choshu, and Thomas Blake Glover (1838-1912), the British merchant from Nagasaki.
		His joint venture with Tosa in the nearby Takashima coal mine, and his grandiose scheme to engage in shipbuilding, to enter shipping on the run to Shanghai, and to refire tea on a large scale, stirred suspicions among his creditors, mainly Jardine, Matheson, who foreclosed in 1870.
		No less a person than Kido Takayoshi of Choshu was dispatched by the new Meiji government to Nagasaki to deal with these violators of the ancient ban on the alien religion in 1868.
	www.uwosh.edu /home_pages/faculty_staff/earns/meiji.html (3293 words)

	Meiji-Jingu Shrine, Tokyo, Japan
		Meiji Shrine (Meiji Jingu) is a shrine dedicated to the the Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken.
		It was originary compound of the Meiji Shrine.
		Meiji Jingu Shrine : this perfect example of Shinto architecture - muted colors and spare lines - was opened in 1920 to commemorate the death of Emperor Meiji in 1912.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Japan/Tokyo_to/Tokyo-969164/Things_To_Do-Tokyo-Meiji_Jingu_Shrine-BR-1.html (1421 words)

	Meiji College of Oriental Medicine - NaturalHealers.com Factsheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Meiji College graduates are eligible to sit for both the California State Acupuncture License Examination and the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine (NCCAOM) Certification Examination.
		The purpose of Meiji College of Oriental Medicine is to facilitate the integration of acupuncture and Oriental medicine into the health care system of the United States.
		The mission of Meiji College of Oriental Medicine is to educate and train individuals in the clinical practice of Oriental medicine, while promoting a view of Oriental medicine as complementary, rather than as an alternative, to Western medicine.
	schools.naturalhealers.com /meiji (676 words)

	Meiji Constitution: 1889
		The history of modern Japan, most historians agree, began in 1868 when the reign of the obsolete and decaying regime of the Tokugawa Shoguns was overthrown and a new form of centralized, bureaucratic government was put in place.
		The new era, which marked the end of feudalism in Japan and the beginnings of democracy and capitalism, is known as the Meiji Restoration, named after the Emperor Meiji who ruled Japan from 1868 until 1912.
		The Meiji Constitution placed most of the power in Japan in the hands of the emperor, the nobles and those appointed by the emperor to act in his name.
	www.thenagain.info /WebChron/china/MeijiConstituti.html (749 words)

	Meiji Techno Microscopes and Accessories
		Meiji microscopes are made in Japan and are known for their quality optics.
		Meiji Techno is well known in the industry for producing an extremely versatile, high quality stereo microscope.
		Meiji Techno supports their fine instruments with a wide complement of accessories.
	www.meiji-microscopes.com (374 words)

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