| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:historical_period 
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                                | gptkbp:capital | gptkb:Tokyo 
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                                | gptkbp:country | gptkb:Japan 
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                                | gptkbp:currency | gptkb:yen 
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                                | gptkbp:endDate | 1912 
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                                | gptkbp:followedBy | gptkb:Taisho_period 
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                                | gptkbp:governmentType | gptkb:monarchy 
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                                | gptkbp:language | Japanese 
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                                | gptkbp:namedAfter | gptkb:Emperor_Meiji 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBattle | gptkb:First_Sino-Japanese_War gptkb:Russo-Japanese_War
 gptkb:Boshin_War
 gptkb:Satsuma_Rebellion
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableCase | gptkb:Meiji_Constitution gptkb:Charter_Oath
 gptkb:Imperial_Rescript_on_Education
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:First_Sino-Japanese_War gptkb:Meiji_Restoration
 gptkb:Russo-Japanese_War
 gptkb:Charter_Oath
 gptkb:Iwakura_Mission
 gptkb:Satsuma_Rebellion
 industrialization
 abolition of feudal domains
 abolition of the samurai class
 land tax reform
 adoption of the Meiji Constitution
 introduction of compulsory education
 universal conscription
 establishment of prefectures
 Zaibatsu formation
 creation of the Diet of Japan
 
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                                | gptkbp:notablePerson | gptkb:Emperor_Meiji gptkb:Fukuzawa_Yukichi
 gptkb:Yamagata_Aritomo
 gptkb:Ito_Hirobumi
 gptkb:Kido_Takayoshi
 gptkb:Okubo_Toshimichi
 gptkb:Saigo_Takamori
 
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                                | gptkbp:precededBy | gptkb:Edo_period 
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                                | gptkbp:reformed | gptkb:farmer gptkb:politics
 gptkb:public_policy
 abolition of feudalism
 military modernization
 Meiji Restoration reforms
 industrial reform
 
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                                | gptkbp:religion | gptkb:Buddhism gptkb:Shinto
 
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                                | gptkbp:startDate | 1868 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Reeling_for_the_Empire 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 7 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Meiji-era Japan 
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