Meiji government local administration

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Meiji government local administration was the modernized regional governance system established after the Meiji Restoration to centralize authority and replace the feudal-era magistrate offices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Meiji period institution
administrative reform
local government system
appliesToPopulation former samurai
rural peasants
urban residents
appliesToTerritory Japan
characteristic bureaucratic hierarchy
high degree of central control
limited local autonomy
uniform nationwide structure
country Empire of Japan
linked to: Japan
establishedOffice district chief
prefectural governor
village headman
followedBy Taishō period local administration
goal abolition of feudal domains
centralization of authority
modernization of administration
strengthening of imperial rule
hasPart gun–ku–chō–son system
local assemblies
local tax system
municipal system
police system
prefectural governor system
prefectural system
historicalPeriod Meiji period
linked to: Meiji era
implementedBy Dajōkan
linked to: Daijō-daijin

Meiji government
linked to: Meiji oligarchy
inspiredBy French local government system
Prussian local government system
legalBasis Abolition of the han system
linked to: 廃藩置県

Charter Oath
Fuhanken sanchisei
Municipal System Law of 1888
Prefectural Assembly Ordinance of 1878
Town and Village System Law of 1888
partOf Meiji Restoration reforms
linked to: Meiji Restoration

modernization of the Japanese state
replaces Tokugawa shogunate local administration
feudal magistrate offices
han system
startTime 1868
usesAdministrativeUnit chō
fu
gun
ken
ku
son

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Nagasaki bugyō replacedBy Meiji government local administration